Education

The University of Ghana (UG) is the premier and largest University in Ghana. The public university is situated in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. It was founded as the University College of Gold Coast by the British government in 1948 as an affiliated college of the University of London, which supervised its academic programs and awarded its degrees. Although it was formerly referred to as University College of...

The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a public university that offers training to students for the award of a Bachelor's degree, Masters's degree, executive master's degree, Ph.D., postgraduate diploma certificates, as well as other certificate and short courses. The university has created the GIMPA student portal to simplify the academic activities for enrolled students and the application process for prospective students. What Qualifies a Person To...

The Nursing & Midwifery Council of Ghana is a statutory body of the Ghanaian government with a mandate to secure public interest by ensuring the utmost standards and training of nursing practitioners. The Registration Directorate of the NMC is charged with registering nursing professionals (nurses, midwives, and nursing assistants) who have successfully completed a program at an accredited institution, and passed the required licensing examination. Professionals who are trained in...

Ghana as a country can boast of several premier learning centers with respect to education and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is counted among those with a remarkable standing. The university offers an array of courses from the undergraduate to postgraduate level and only qualified candidates will be admitted to study in their various departments. Thus, those looking to apply for courses really need to study...

The Ghanaian National Service Scheme has made it easier for enrollees who have completed the program to collect their NSS certificates. You only need to visit their official website, follow the required steps,, and boom; your certificate will be delivered to your doorstep. However, we must bear in mind that a token fee of 31.52 Ghana Cedis must be paid for your request to be processed and some easy...

Organizations, businesses, and even educational institutions are leveraging the opportunities the internet has to offer to handle all sorts of activities. One of such education institutions that have taken advantage of this opportunity is the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) which has a user-friendly student portal that assists with different purposes to make student information management easy. What Does UEW OSIS & SIP Stand For? UEW OSIS stands for the University...

Ashesi University Accra is one of the leading Universities in Ghana that offers a vast variety of professional courses particularly in the fields of Business Administration and management, Arts and Sciences, ICT, and Engineering, accepting students from within Ghana and other African countries as well as across the globe. It is renowned for producing quality graduates that are making great impacts in their various disciplines. Ashesi is a non-profit university...

Ghana's National Service Scheme program is an important one-year program that offers Ghanaian youth the opportunity to enter the labor market by working in either the public or private sectors. The program also helps young Ghanaians to develop early contact with potential employers or acquire practical on-the-job training, while contributing to their country's socio-economic transformation development at the same time. The Scheme provides qualified graduates with the opportunity to have...

There are several choices for students who wish to proceed to the university for higher academic qualifications in Ghana. For those looking to be admitted into the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), there are specific requirements that need to be met to be considered eligible. All these and more have been thoroughly explained in this article. Read on to get the complete requirements for admission into...

There are just two methods of checking WAEC/WASSCE (West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination) results. You either do it online or offline. The offline method entails leveraging a mobile phone to send the “Short Message Service” (SMS), WAEC*ExamNo*PIN*ExamYear to WAEC shortcode 32327. On the other hand, checking your results online involves going through the internet. Important to note that whichever way you choose to follow you are required to...

Wisconsin International University College was established in 1998 but received full accreditation in 2000. Since its inception, the school has been offering a plethora of courses under different programs. Among other things, WIUC made the records in Ghana as the first private university to offer a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. The university has since then continued to make giant strides in positioning itself as an academic institution...

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana is among the top institutions of higher learning in the country. The university offers a wide array of courses for students in different fields, churning out millions of graduates in different colleges like Agriculture and Natural Recourses, Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering, Art and Built Environment, and many more. Prospective students who wish to enroll for courses in the university's...

Yearly, more than 3,000,000 candidates enlist for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) exams. After the test days are over, candidates become overwhelmed by their desire to see their test result. WAEC results are often released roughly 45 to 60 days after the final exams. Usually, candidates follow the traditional pattern of checking their results by going to the center where they wrote the examination and look through the...

The Ghana National service Scheme is an indigenous youth program that has been made mandatory for every Ghanaian graduate both home and abroad. To complete registration for the NSS all graduating students must visit the GNS website to complete their online registration by providing all required information, submit, and wait for posting which will be publicly announced. Here's how to complete your registration on the NSS portal. Ghana National Service...

The education sector in most countries and regions of the world has continued to make a paradigm shift from its age-long brick-and-mortar identity to a more diverse and efficient technology-driven base. West Africa has not been left out as one of the region's biggest examination boards; the West African Examinations Council recently launched the WAEC e-learning platform, an online learning resource center for prospective WAEC candidates to keep learning...

KASNEB, the acronym for Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examinations Board is the country’s professional examination body charged with the responsibility of offering interested candidates professional, technician, and diploma qualifications in diverse fields. The courses covered by KASNEB include accountancy, credit, finance, information technology, governance, and management, in addition to other related disciplines. KASNED is not restricted to Kenya only as its examinations are also administered in other regions like...

Since its establishment in 1978, JAMB has conducted examinations every year to determine candidates who qualify for admission into Nigeria's tertiary institutions using cut-off thresholds. These cut-off marks determine which institution a student can be admitted to. Once the result is out, a candidate will need to check his/her result with their registration number, email, or phone number either on the JAMB portal or via SMS to know if...

The role that higher education (provided by both public and private universities) play in the life of individuals and a nation cannot be overestimated. It could account for one living a fulfilled life or an unfulfilled one, no wonder both individuals and nations pay and sacrifice a lot to get the very best of education. This is particularly more important in this part of the world where the quality...

The history of public universities in Nigeria dates back to 1948 with the establishment of University College, Ibadan. The UCI which was an affiliate of the University of London was a strong pointer to the importance of higher education as a viable means of enhancing unprecedented growth in various societies of the nation. To further ascertain the need for more higher education, the Federal Government commissioned an inquiry (the...

One of the many reasons why state Universities are created is to meet the growing demand for higher education. Established in the 1980s following oil boom years, state universities are among the highest number of universities in Nigeria. According to the National Universities Commission, there are a total of 170 universities in Nigeria with 48 state universities. State universities are fully funded by their respective state governments, with occasional assistance...

Checking your admission status and examination results are some of the most nerve-wracking things any individual can go through. For Takoradi Technical University (TTU) students and aspiring learners, the process of checking either your admission status or examination result is an online one. Students can learn of their respective status by easily going online and allaying their fears. And while the online procedure is comparatively more straightforward than offline methods,...

Every institution has a Students Portal that enables students to access services necessary for their education easily and at their convenience. Due to its competitive nature, gaining admission into the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) is quite challenging hence, only qualified candidates are selected. When you do, you are faced with yet another challenge of knowing how and what to do to get started. Like most other student portals, the TTU...

Up until the early 2000s, learning only happened in the classroom and physical presence was a must. But then, technological development happened, and e-learning which is a form of learning conducted via the electronic media, typically the internet, began to reshape learning processes across institutions in the world. There is no doubt that digital education is in the business of revolutionizing the conventional education system through the Learning Management...

As one of the most sought-after universities in Ghana, every year, thousands of students who aspire to study various courses under different programs send in their applications to Takoradi Technical University (TTU). The university was established in 1954 as a Government Technical Institute and became part of the State Tertiary Education System. In 2016, Takoradi Technical University was one of the six polytechnics in Ghana converted into fully-fledged Universities...

The University of Cape Coast has expanded since its creation in 1962. It remains a much respected academic institution in Ghana and has over 70,000 undergraduate students locally and internationally. Some analysts consider the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to be the best in Ghana in quality education assurance, which is why thousands apply for admission every year. Due to its high standing in the West African country, it is...