Vice President opposed to four-year SHS

on May 30 in Education tagged by mindmaps

Accra, GNA - Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Wednesday said the challenges facing Ghana’s education system were more fundamental than the duration of Senior High School (SHS).

He, therefore, charged participants at a two-day national forum on the duration of SHS to pay particular attention to issues of quality basic education, quality teacher training, teacher motivation and text books at the basic level.
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Don’t rush into prosecuting child traffickers – GG, FTS

on May 30 in Child Trafficking, Children, Youth tagged by mindmaps

Accra, May 28, GNA - Geneva Global (GG) and Free the Slaves (FTS), both international Non-Governmental Organizations working to prevent and address child trafficking in mining and fishing areas in Ghana, on Thursday urged government not to immediately begin the prosecution of child traffickers until they are queried as to how they got the children and where their parents were.
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The Youth And The New Ghana

on May 30 in Youth tagged by mindmaps

Ghana, African’s beacon of hope has once again demonstrated to the whole world that it is ready to lead the new Africa into the enlightened democracies of the world where the sovereign will of the people is far greater than all the monstrous anger, the bullets and guns in Burma Camp. This has been possible through the collective and high sense of responsibility of all of us, its citizenry exhibited before, during and after the just 2008 ended general elections.
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Nana Adjoa makes Ghana proud at Spelling Bee

on May 30 in International Competitions, Youth tagged by mindmaps

She may not have made it to the semi-finals of the 2009 National Spelling Bee at the Grand Hyatt Washington, but with a total score of nineteen (19) points, Ghana’s Nana Adjoa Baiden-Amissah was among the best performers on the night of the preliminary rounds.

13-year old Kavya Shivashankar, sponsored by ‘The Olathe News’ and from the California Trail Junior High School emerged the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion, spelling the championship word ‘laodicean’ which means “lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics.”
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Ghana Ready For Africa Hockey Cup

on May 30 in Hockey, Sports tagged by mindmaps

GHANA is readying itself for the big Africa Hockey Nations Cup which will take-off from July 10.

The two-week competition is expected to bring crack hockey nations from across the continent including South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria into the country. Others are Kenya, Zimbabwe and Namibia whom reports suggest were yet to confirm their participation.
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Preparations for All Africa Sports Awards

on May 29 in All Africa Sports Awards, Awards, Sports tagged Al Hamilton, ANOCA by mindmaps

Accra, GNA - Al Hamilton, Chairman and Founder of the All Africa Sports Awards has commenced preparations towards the next edition of the All Africa Awards event slated for Nigeria.

Mr Hamilton who arrived in Ghana to commence preparations for the next edition, said preparations are in place for another memorable event, which has received the endorsement of the Association of National Olympic Committee (ANOCA) and the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF).
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Draft Youth Bill to be reviewed

on May 29 in Ministry, National Youth Council (NYC), National Youth Policy tagged by mindmaps

Government has set up a five-member committee to review the Draft Youth Bill to make it satisfy the current needs of the youth, Alhaji Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, Minister for Youth and Sports, said on Thursday.

He said the review was also to make for the creation of a Commission on Youth to give the National Youth Council the autonomy to perform its functions effectively.
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Latter Day Saints declares war on indiscipline among youth

on May 29 in Church, Discipline, Internet Fraud, Youth tagged by mindmaps

The breakdown of family values, coupled with poor interpersonal relationship between parents and their children, have been identified as the major cause of increasing moral decadence among the youth in society.

The strengthening of family ties, and the inculcation of virtuous deeds in the youth in the family set up, have therefore been advocated, to ensure that society was not plunged further into moral anarchy.
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NUGS awards outstanding students

on May 29 in NUGS, University tagged by mindmaps

The National Union of Ghana Students Saturday night will be awarding students with outstanding achievements.

The purpose of the NUGS National Awards is to acknowledge, encourage, reward and most importantly promote positive achievement of students and the youth in general.

Former executive of the union, who have and still are contributing to national development in tremendous ways, will be recognised.
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Opinion: Appointment of youthful ministers - what impact?

on May 28 in Ministerial Appointments, Youth tagged by mindmaps

I was one of the millions of Ghanaians who could not help but be grateful to God for the victory to our democracy upon the declaration of Prof. Evans Atta-Mills as president! I was happy for two things; that Ghanaians exhibited the multi-party democratic maturity that has always eluded most states that sandwich us in sub-Sahara Africa and the clear statement by all parties in the race that the Professor well-deserved the victory.
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