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Gov’t donates to Muslims in Tamale

By AlatiphA - June 22, 2015

Government has donated over hundred bags of sugar and rice to the Muslim Community in the northern region to assist them during this year’s fasting. The Regional Minister on behalf of the President presented the items to the leadership of the Muslim community. The beneficiary communities include Anbariyya community which took home 30 bags of sugar, 20 bags of rice; central mosque took the same number of items while the Ahmadiyya community took 10 bags of sugar and 5 bags of rice. The Deputy Head of Anbariyya, Sheikh Tanko Abubakari Issahaq who received the items on behalf of the Muslim community thanked the government and the regional coordinating council for their support. Sheikh Tanko Abubakari Issahaq prayed for Allah’s guidance for all government officials in the discharge of their responsibilities. Sheikh Tanko also prayed to Allah to shower his blessings on the people of northern region by providing them with adequate rain.

Zabzugu records 144 teenage pregnancies

By AlatiphA - June 17, 2015

About 144 teenage girls became pregnant in the first quarter of 2015. According to the Northern Regional Director of Population Chief Alhassan Issahaku, the trend is very worrying hence, the need for community members and every well-meaning person to support steps designed to curb the situation. This became known when the Northern Regional Director of Population announced this at a stakeholders’ meeting on the Benefits and Patronage of Family Planning Contraceptives in Zabzugu, yesterday. Teenage pregnancies has been a source of worry for stakeholders in the health sector. Click here for more.

WAEC cancels 5 BECE papers

By AlatiphA - June 17, 2015

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has cancelled 5 papers in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) after discovering to its dismay the papers have been compromised. The papers involved are: English Language 2, Religious and Moral Education 2; Integrated Science 2; Mathematics 2; Social Studies 2 The June 2015 BECE started only on Monday, June 15 and were expected to be completed on Friday, June 19. As many as 438,030 candidates were registered to write the examinations in 1,446 centres across the country. WAEC said investigations were underway to unearth the full facts of the malpractice and assured it is determined to follow the case to its logical conclusion and will not shield any person, including its own, who will be found culpable. A statement issued by WAEC Wednesday confirming the cancellation said the compromised papers will be re-administered on 29th and 30th June, 2015 and a time table for the ...

Free SHS education to begin next academic year

By AlatiphA - June 17, 2015

The Minister of Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang says the programme to make second cycle education more accessible, especially in underserved areas, is on course. To give greater meaning to the programme, the government initiated a project to build 200 community day secondary schools in selected communities. The President cut the sod for the commencement of the first phase of the project with the construction of 50 schools on March 3, 2014 at Kwaobaah-Nyanoa, near Adeiso in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region. When the education ministry took its turn at the meet the press series in Accra yesterday, Prof Opoku-Agyemang said the 50 schools in selected communities were at various stages of completion. She said the government’s policy of the progressive free SHS education would begin as announced in the 2015/2016 academic year for more than 367,565 second cycle students. Additionally, she said, with support from the World Bank under the Secondary Ed...

The Science of Resilience: why some children can thrive despite adversity

By AlatiphA - June 10, 2015

When confronted with the fallout of childhood trauma, why do some children adapt and overcome, while others bear lifelong scars that flatten their potential? A growing body of evidence points to one common answer: Every child who winds up doing well has had at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive adult. The power of that one strong adult relationship is a key ingredient in resilience — a positive, adaptive response in the face of significant adversity — according to a new report from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, a multidisciplinary collaboration chaired by Harvard’s Jack Shonkoff. Understanding the centrality of that relationship, as well as other emerging findings about the science of resilience, gives policymakers a key lever to assess whether current programs designed to help disadvantaged kids are working. “Resilience depends on supportive, responsive relationships and mastering a set of capabilitie...

UDS, others Sanctioned

By AlatiphA - May 27, 2015

The National Accreditation Board (NAB) has sanctioned Jayee University College and Datalink Institute, both private-owned, to cease enrolment in all their programmes for the 2015/16 academic year. The University of Development Studies, a government-owned tertiary institution, was also directed to cease fresh admissions to its Bachelor of Education in Health Science programme for 2015/16. Information available to the B&FT indicates that Datalink Institute was directed to cease fresh admissions due to overcrowding and poor physical facilities, while Jayee University College was also sanctioned due to a myriad of issues and deficiencies identified by auditors. The University of Education, Winneba -- the mentoring institution, is expected to provide close supervision of the students already enrolled in Jayee University College's programme until they graduate. This, according to NAD, is to ensure the students do not lose out on quality delivery. Jayee University College has a st...

Full Statement: Adebayor Strips 'Ungrateful' Family Naked - Part 3

By AlatiphA - May 20, 2015

SEA, if I decide to bring out the Part 3 today, it is because my brother @Kola Adebayor and my other siblings have decided to talk about our family issues on social medias, through letters to my club, radios…I could write an autobiography and sell it but I decided to share with you here. 25 years ago, my big older brother Kola went to Germany and he became the hope of our family. We all thought he could change the way we were living. Years after he left Togo, we still had no electricity and no phones. If he wanted to talk to us, he would call the Atlantic Hotel that was very close to our house. We would then run to the hotel reception and talk to him. When I got the opportunity to go play football in France for the first time, we needed money to for the flight tickets and other expenses. My brother was nowhere to be found. Only God knows what he was doing in Germany. When I arrived in France, I did all the paperwork with my team and they allowed me to stay in the academy. A few...