Children should not play or walk through floods to prevent accidents during the rainy season, the Director of Communication of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Mr George Kwadwo Ayisi, has advised.
The Chairman of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Michael Nsowah, has advised this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates to be very careful in their selection of senior high schools (SHSs) and technical institutes (TIs) since the service will not allow any change of schools this year.
The Nneka Youth Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has organised its annual Young Innovators Summit for about 200 selected schoolchildren in the Ningo-Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region.
Majority of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) students who qualify for senior high schools (SHS) will not be part of the Double Track SHS System, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said.
A former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has called on the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to come out with a bill that will stop religious leaders from exposing children with challenges on television.
About 2,100 schoolchildren from 40 private basic schools in Accra took part in the Third Edition of the Kiddy Mile Race held at the El-Wak Sports Stadium.
Government has been called upon to include childhood cancers on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) benefits package to reduce the financial burden on parents.
Barely two weeks after setting a new national record in discus throw at the Inter-School and Colleges Athletics Competition in the Ashanti Region, Patience Boahemaa of the Saint Louis SHS smashed that record with an even better throw of 35.80metres.
A Dentist at the Tema Polyclinic, Dr Albert Filson, has urged parents to send their children for dental check six months after birth for early detection of dental problems.
