World Bank approves $300m to end SHS double-track system
The World Bank has approved a $300 million financing package to support Ghana’s efforts to strengthen secondary education and phase out the double-track system in Senior High Schools (SHSs) by 2027. The funding will support the implementation of the Transformative Secondary Education for Access, Results and Relevance for Jobs (STARR-J) Project. The initiative is aimed…
Now a star in the sky: Asteroid named after Barbie Hsu, wife of DJ Koo
The late Taiwanese star Barbie Hsu, wife of DJ Koo of the Korean dance duo CLON, now has an asteroid named after her. Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao Daily reported that the International Astronomical Union’s Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature had approved the name Xuxiyuan (Hsu’s Chinese name) for asteroid 208663. The name was…
Dr Ahadzi urges NDC to remain truthful to Rawlings’ ideologies
By Benjamin Akoto Banda-Ahenkro (Bono), June 4, GNA-Dr William Ahadzi, the Rector of the Ghana Institute of Social Democracy, has urged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to remain faithful to the ideals and principles upon which the party was founded. He emphasised that the NDC’s long-term survival and relevance in the nation’s political circle depended largely on the ideologies championed by the…
