
Teacher Shortage Hits Nkwanta South: 457 Vacancies Undermine Learning
The Oti Region’s Nkwanta South Municipality faces a critical deficit of over 457 teachers, disrupting basic schools and weakening BECE results.
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The Oti Region’s Nkwanta South Municipality faces a critical deficit of over 457 teachers, disrupting basic schools and weakening BECE results.

Former GES Director‑General Charles Aheto Tsegah says the computerised system has not solved the long‑standing placement problems and calls for a return to headteacher control.

The Computerised School Selection and Placement System reports the highest automatic placement rate since 2021, with 87.32% of qualified candidates matched to senior high schools.

Parents in Upper East Region’s Binduri District claim WAEC cannot locate the mathematics answer sheets for 165 2026 candidates, threatening their senior high school placement.

MP for Abuakwa South, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, slammed the government’s policy that lets students choose senior high schools after seeing their BECE scores, calling it a mistake that has left many without placements.

NDC spokesperson Hamza Suhuyini urges the government to ensure 55,000 BECE candidates who failed English or Maths still secure senior high school placements.

The education NGO warns that the current ranking‑based BECE system may disadvantage students from under‑resourced schools and calls for a benchmark‑based grading approach.

Families demand extra resolution hubs after overcrowding at the single GNAT Hall hampers school placement for 2026 BECE candidates.

The Ministry of Education confirmed that a single or double failure in core BECE subjects will not automatically bar pupils from senior high school placement.

Former Education Minister urges a system overhaul so that students excluded from the initial placement exercise can self‑place into available senior high school slots.

Ernest Yaw Anim distributes trunks, mattresses and other items to help students in Sekyere Kumawu transition to secondary education.

Out of 620,000 students who sat the 2026 BECE, 565,000 met the English and Maths criteria and will be considered for SHS placement across Ghana.

More than 620,000 BECE graduates have begun selecting their Senior High and TVET institutions under a historic policy change that allows students to choose schools after receiving their exam scores, with the process set to close this Friday.

The Ghanaian singer insists his music career is thriving and refuses to accept rumours of a decline, telling fans he remains focused on his craft.

The Ghanaian star drops by the residence of Ambassador Frederik Landshöft, sparking a musical exchange that spans Berlin to Accra.

The Ghanaian forward netted a brace to keep Olympique Lyon unbeaten in the opening phase of the 2026/27 Ligue 1 campaign.

The daughter of Ghana’s first president led the family back to Nkroful for the 2026 NkrumahFest, apologising for their absence and vowing to keep his ideas alive for future generations.

The mother of the late Central University law student shares her pain and memories in a moving message after her son’s untimely death.

At NkrumahFest in Nkroful, she challenged claims that the 1966 coup was celebrated nationwide, citing monument destruction and new memorials.
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