A statement issued in Accra and signed by Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Principal Public Affairs Officer of WAEC, said that the results of various schools would be despatched through the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Directors of Education.

It said that candidates might access their results online from tomorrow, Tuesday, August 3.

The statement said 1,075 candidates had their subject results cancelled while 76 candidates had their entire result cancelled.

The affected candidates were involved in various examination irregularities.

These include bringing foreign materials into the examination hall, seeking/receiving help from non-candidates such as invigilators, supervisors and tearing parts of their question papers and answer booklets and collusion.

In some insstances, candidates traded in powder-throwing, smearing their colleagues in congratulatory gestures as they stormed out of the exams halls into a new world.

Some shouted “it is all over” and for others it was “the toils are over”.

French papers I and II completed the week-long exercise that will be the basis for the selection of students for Senior High School and Technical Schools.

The exams started on Monday, April 19 with over 300,000 candidates nationwide.

Myjoyonline visited some centres in Accra including the O’Reilly High School Centre which had a total of 276 candidates from five different schools.

Centre supervisor M.S.K Dankwa told Myjoyonline.com that all candidates had been present throughout the week to take the exams.

He noted that the only problem the centre encountered had to do with two candidates who could not write the pre-technical skills paper because they were not registered for any of the options under the subject.

The Accra High School Centre B on the other hand had 230 candidates drawn from nine schools.

Five candidates were persistently absent.

According to Centre supervisor J.T. Tugah, the centre did not encounter any problem throughout the 5-day exams except for the John Harvard Junior High School which did not write the French paper because its candidates were not registered.

A total of 236 candidates took the exams at the Accra High School Centre A.

These candidates also came from nine schools all in Accra.

Three candidates were absent from Monday to Thursday but four did not turn up on Friday to write the French papers.

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All the supervisors who spoke toMyjoyonline.comcomplained about the time with which exams papers were made available to them.

The claimed officers in charge of making the papers available to them always arrived late, thereby slowing the whole process.

They appealed to authorities to provide them with the papers ahead of time in subsequent examinations.

When the bell rang for the end of the examinations, candidates at the Accra High School centres A & B shouted for joy as they rushed out of the exams halls.

Myjoyonline.com’s visit to the Nima Cluster of Schools centre during the final paper, French saw a relatively calm atmosphere with students busily concentrating on the paper.

It was the centre for five schools, namely; Kokomlemle 1 and 2 JHS, Nima 1 and 2 JHS, St Kizito JHS, Ghana National Academy JHS and students from the Senior Correctional Centre of the Ghana Prisons Service. 284 pupils sat for the exams with the final day, Friday recording 17 absentees due to fact that the Senior Correctional Centre did not write the final paper.

Supervisor for the centre, Agnes Adenyo told Myjoyonline.com that the centre did not recorded any exam malpractice and the pupils have been very disciplined. She said the centre which had 10 invigilators has been applauded by the various exam inspectors who came on regular check-ups.

By: Dorcas Efe Mensah and Ernest Dela Aglanu/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana

A Foreign social entrepreneur, Mr Maurizio de Franciscis, has introduced a new online system to help students in Ghana to realize and improve on their talents.

This was done in collaboration with the Association of International Students in Economics, Science and Commerce (AIESEC) Ghana, a student organization that promotes leadership development among the youth.

The website, ‘GlobalCampus’, is an online system that would enable students to get connected to universities and organizations worldwide. It is focused on helping individuals to improve upon their talents in every field.

It will also enable universities and organizations to know more about students during admission processes, as well as connecting the needs of universities to students across the world.

At a press conference in Accra to formally introduce the system in Ghana, Mr Maurizio de Franciscis, who is the founder and Chief Executive Office of GlobalCampus, explained that the GlobalCampus was a free online system that enabled students to get easy access and connection to universities and organizations worldwide for education and scholarships.

He said the system was focused on bringing opportunities for higher education and further development to talented young people around the world.

Mr Franciscis said the GlobalCampus provided information on universities and scholarships to interested persons who had an account with the website around the world.

“Every year around the world, there are 300,000 million dollars of scholarships but I find no one to apply due to lack of access to information,” he claimed.

He indicated that there were universities and organizations around the world which needed foreign talented persons for admission and to work with but could not have access to them due to the lack of information on programmes that would help connect to such people.

He explained that one could be a member of the system by creating an account through a personal profile on what one does and what one wants to do to improve on his life, adding, “It is similar to facebook but this connects you to institutions and organizations around the world, noting that “Rwanda, Egypt and Nigeria are African countries who are already part of the system.

The Vice-President of Talent Management and Outgoing Exchange of AIESEC Ghana, Miss Abena Owiredu-Nkansah, said AIESEC Ghana collaborated with GlobalCampus to ease the pressure on graduates and undergraduates when it comes to searching for universities and other institutions to further their education around the world.

“We supported this initiative on the basis of AIESEC’s goal to give leadership opportunities to the youth and promote cultural integration,” she said.

This follows the introduction of an on-line registration procedure for the BECE last Monday after almost two decades of running the examination in the country.

The head of the Test Administration Department of WAEC, Mr Kweku Nyamekye-Aidoo, who made this known to Daily Graphic, said the on-line registration would be done alongside the old registration procedure (Batch Registration) which involved the registration of candidates in groups on Compact Discs.

He said the aim of the introduction of the on-line procedure was to ensure that core data of the candidates remained intact, thereby preventing the mixing up of candidate’s data. He said the Batch Registration was being done alongside the on-line registration to ensure that those who did not have the on line facility could do so, saying that the online registration was done by the schools of candidates and not individuals.

Mr Nyamekye-Aidoo indicated that all the information of candidates who would be writing the examination had to be on-line, and that the council would transfer the information of candidates who were registered through the Batch Registration, on-line.

He said there was no cause for alarm as the council undertook education programmes to educate school authorities on the new registration procedure.

He said information of candidates on-line would be for reading only, and that no one, no matter the access to the password of a school would be able to change any candidate’s information.

Mr Nyamekye-Aidoo said it was only at WAEC that a school that wanted to make a change to the bio-data of a candidate could do so.

He, therefore, advised parents and guardians to ensure that whatever information they provided on their children was accurate.

Mr. Nyamekye-Aidoo said “parents and guardians should state clearly how they want the names of their children spelt, in which order and provide their accurate date of birth”.

On the cost of registration per candidate, he said, the examination fee was GH¢6 as the government was paying GH¢14 per candidate as subsidy for each candidate, adding that schools must adhere strictly to the registration fee of GH¢6 and not add anything.

The Director of Basic Education Division of the GES, Mr Stephen Adu, urged heads of basic schools to spell out any additional fee for the registration of candidates and not lump all the fees as registration fees. He said there should be a breakdown of any fee, such as cost of photographs and extra tuition or extra mock examination should be made clear to parents. He added that such additional fees should be approved by a district education director.

Mr Adu said schools must make parents aware of the money (GH¢14) government was paying for each candidate since the original fee of the examination was GH¢20.

“Schools, be they public or private must give a clear break down of fees they are charging for the examination and not lump the registration fee of GH¢6 with other fees and term them as BECE examination fee,” he said.

Source: Daily Graphic/Ghana

The students could not be admitted because of a new quota system of admission implemented by the school.

Under the system the General Legal Council said it had allocated 100 places for University of Ghana law students, 80 for KNUST law students and 40 for foreign and external degree holders.

Early on in the year law students of the KNUST kicked against the quota system and subsequently petitioned the council to reconsider its decision.

Meanwhile a former student of the University of Ghana Law School, who prefers to remain anonymous, blames the situation on poor planning.

The deadline for registration of new entrants to the Ghana School of Law is September 14.

There has been no reaction from authorities of the school.

Story by Fiifi Koomson/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana

Miss Abenaa Anim-Adjei said environmental cleanliness plays a very important role in the socio-economic development of every nation and it was therefore necessary that children should learn from the grassroots. She made the call at the end of a two-hour Walk in Accra as part of activities marking this year’s ‘Day of the Ghanaian Child’ on Saturday. The Day which is celebrated throughout the country, was aimed at sensitizing children on the need to keep the environment clean and was under the theme ‘Cleanliness, Key to Survival’.

Participants of the Walk, which started from the Mamprobi Salvation Army School, went through the Tuesday Market to St. Mary’s Senior High School and back to the starting point.

The placard-bearing children engaged in various sporting activities and other games termed ‘Keep it Clean’, ‘Wash your Hands’ and ‘Garbage Collection’ after the Walk.

Miss Anim-Adjei expressed the hope that the children would imbibe the messages and impart them to their colleagues and parents to maintain a sound environment to stay healthy.

Source:GNA

Speaking in an interview with journalists, Miss Bianca Bempong disclosed that the donation forms part of her humanitarian activities as Miss Ghana Canada. She said as part of her numerous projects as Miss Ghana Canada, she chose to show care for women and children which explains why she has come to Ghana.

Receiving the items, Mrs Sharon Abbey, who stood in for the entire management of the Osu Children’s Home expressed her profound gratitude for the kind humanitarian gesture embarked upon by Miss Bempong.

She urged other organizations, individuals, philanthropists and corporate institutions to emulate the gesture to help the needy at the orphanage.

The MOU will also enable Microsoft to develop a software to support
teaching and learning in all schools.

The signing was in recognition of the importance of ICT in school development and teaching and learning.

The MOU is a renewal of the 2004 agreement between the two entities, which resulted in the establishment of three Information Technology academies at the universities of Cape Coast, Education and Development Studies, The program had led to the training of 300 teachers at all levels of basic education.

Dr Joseph Annan, Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary
Education, signed on behalf of the Ministry, whilst Mr Ali Faramawy, Vice
President, Middle East and Africa of Microsoft Corporation, initialled on
behalf of his organisation

Dr Annan said support for the development of ICT benchmarks for teachers and students was a challenge facing the country’s educational sector.

He said the Ministry was committed to ensuring that all educational
institutions used common licensed software to facilitate easy access to
the software industry to impact on development.

Dr Annan called on Microsoft to consider developing a special ICT software package for the special needs of students in Ghana to enhance teaching and learning.

Source: GNA

The country began to move towards economic stability and democracy.

In April 1992 a constitution allowing for a multi-party system was approved in a referendum, ushering in a period of democracy.

A well-administered country by regional standards, Ghana is often seen as a model for political and economic reform in Africa. Cocoa exports are an essential part of the economy; Ghana is the world’s second-largest producer.

The discovery of major offshore oil reserves was announced in June 2007, encouraging expectations of a major economic boost. However, oil is not expected to flow for some years.

Ghana has a high-profile peacekeeping role; troops have been deployed in Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone and DR Congo.

Source: BBC