Education
Mahama’s claim on how R.M.E. subject is taught in schools false
On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, former president John Dramani Mahama said that Religious and Moral Education (RME) is lost in the education curriculum.
He said this at the Assemblies of God Church in Tema during...
False! Not all SHS teachers have received laptops
The Education Ministry’s public relations officer, Kwesi Kwarteng, has said that every senior high school teacher has received a laptop to enhance teaching under the government’s ‘1 teacher 1 laptop’ initiative.
He said this on...
Dr Adutwum’s claims against GES Director-General completely false
On Friday, February 17, 2023, the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, appeared on Peace FM’s breakfast show, Kokrokoo, to discuss topical issues in Ghana’s educational system.
The Fourth Estate’s latest investigations into the...
Cost of Free SHS: Figures from Finance, Education ministries contradictory
The Akufo-Addo administration started the implementation of its flagship education policy, Free Senior High School, in September 2017.
The policy has received cheers for increasing access to senior high school, particularly among the most vulnerable...
Teacher trainee allowance: Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang’s claim misleading
The 2020 vice-presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has said her party did not cancel the teacher trainee allowance.
The professor, who was the education minister in the...
FACT-CHECK: Has Gov’t provided free WiFi for over 700 SHSs?
On Thursday, April 7, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawmia delivered the much-anticipated lecture on Ghana’s economy.
One of the claims the Veep made at the lecture was that the government had provided free WiFi for...
SONA 2021: Here’s a Mixture of Akufo-Addo’s False, Misleading and Contradictory Claims
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at the Parliament House.
In his speech, he made claims about the government’s contribution to education, food...
Who Really Started Free SHS: Mahama or Akufo-Addo? Here are the Facts
The debate about who initiated the Free Senior High School policy has resurged with political figures of the two main political parties, New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC), claiming to be...
Education Sector in NPP 2020 Manifesto: Here are the False, Misleading Claims
On Saturday, August 22, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) launched its 2020 manifesto at an event at the University of Cape Coast.
The manifesto details the policies, programmes and projects the NPP government hopes...
