Day: December 6, 2023

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Asuogyaman MP supports first year SHS students to go to school


Mr Thomas Ampem Nyarko, Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman, has supported parents and students admitted to Senior High Schools in the constituency.

He presented mattresses, chop boxes, trunks, other school items to over 400 students entering SHS and cheques to 30 others at the tertiary level to pay fees.

The beneficiaries were from Dodi Asantekrom, Labolabo, Mpakadan, Atimpoku, Gyakiti, Yeniama, Old Akrade, Adome, Anyaase, Adjena United, Asegya, Adumasa, Sedorm and others.

He described the gesture as a token to support parents to be able to purchase the needed items to go to school considering the brief time of placement and reporting to school coupled with the tough economic situation.

The MP entreated students who had gained admission to various SHS to learn hard to justify the investments made in them.

Ms Bertha Ametey, one of the beneficiaries, told GNA that but for the MP’S support, it would have been challenging for her parents to buy most of the items on the prospectus for her to report to schoo
l early. Mr Ransford Adjovi, a parent of one of the beneficiary’s was grateful to the MP for such thoughtful gesture.

Source: Ghana News Agency

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School Placement: We have resolved over 60 per cent challenges – Free SHS Secretariat


The Free Senior High School Secretariat says it has resolved 60 to 70 per cent of placement issues for first-year students across the country.

The Secretariat through its resolution centres received over 6,000 issues, mainly for students who were not placed in any school and those who wanted to change schools due to location.

Nana Afrah Sika Mensah, the Deputy Coordinator of the Free Senior High School Secretariat said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Accra.

The Deputy Coordinator said students with single aggregate were to select schools under category ‘A’, while students with aggregate 10 to 14 are to select from category ‘B.’

Students with aggregate 15 and above are to choose schools from category ‘C’ and select the programme for their courses.

She said the Secretariat staff were working on the issues, and within 24 hours, the challenges would be addressed.

According to her, the exercise had been successful and urged parents to exercise patience while the Secretariat addressed the
challenges.

She said even though admission had started on December 4, the Secretariat was optimistic about addressing their issues as early as possible, adding that the first and second weeks were for orientation.

Nana Mensah said schools selected on the Self-Placement Portal could be changed as many times as the candidate wished on the portal until they enrolled.

She assured the public, guardians and students, especially those who could not be matched with their choices during the automatic placement, that all schools with vacancies had been uploaded on the portal for students to select from during self-placement without hitches.

Nana Mensah cautioned parents not to pay money to anybody since the exercise was free.

The GNA observation revealed that the solution centres are collecting contacts and other relevant details from parents and guardians to address their issues.

A statement from the Ministry of Education said that out of the total number of 598,839 results received from WAEC, 585,797 candidates
qualified to be placed.

Source: Ghana News Agency

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2024 WAFCON: 12 teams ready to battle for the coveted trophy


The qualifiers for the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) tournament has come to a halt as 12 teams have secured their slots in the continental showpiece.

The qualified teams were Ghana, Morocco, South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, Algeria, Tunisia, Zambia, DR Congo, Botswana, Mali, and Senegal.

Ghana would make a return to the continent’s biggest tournament after giving Namibia a showdown on Tuesday.

The West African giants last participated in the competition in 2018 where they were eliminated in the group stages.

Elsewhere in Northern Africa, Tunisia fought an easy battle against Congo which ended 5-2 on aggregate, in favour of the Tunisians.

Tagged as the ‘clash of titans game’, Senegal travelled as visitors to take on a struggling Egyptian side who were of high hopes of turning things around after a 4-0 first leg defeat.

Despite enjoying much possession, the Egyptians failed to fulfill their mission as they said goodbye after 90 minutes.

Following an exciting campaign at the 2023 Women’s Wo
rld Cup, the Copper Queens of Zambia proved to be one of the continent’s best sides as they thrashed Angola 12-0 on aggregate whereas Botswana also secured a place with a 2-1 win over Kenya.

The Super Falcons of Nigeria were not left out of the party, having overpowered Cape Verde to register their name in the history books.

Tanzania also settled on a 1-0 defeat in the camp of Togo to book a ticket to the 2024 WAFCON after their 3-0 victory in the first leg encounter.

DR. Congo pulled off a brilliant performance against two-time champions, Equatorial Guinea to qualify for the continental party after securing 2-1 win on Tuesday.

Defending champions, South Africa could not wait for their own celebration after securing a 2-0 home win over Burkina Faso in the second leg of their second qualifying round tie whiles Algeria also defeated Burundi 6-1 to sail through.

Mail sealed the qualifiers with a 10-2 aggregate win over Guinea whereas Morocco secured an automatic qualification as hosts of the 15th edition of
the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

Source: Ghana News Agency

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International Tennis Federation appoints Dr. Larbi as Committee Member


The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has appointed Dr. Henry Kwaku Nyantey Larbi and Kenya’s Tennis Association President James Kenani, as members of its sub-committees.

Dr. Larbi who double as the Board Member of the Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF) and Ghana Wheelchair Tennis (GWT) Coordinator became the first Ghanaian to serve on the ITF Committee.

Earlier this year, Mr. Isaac Aboagye Duah, President of the GTF submitted two nominees for consideration as members of Gender and Ethics Committee, and Wheelchair Tennis Committee to the ITF.

ITF, after its elaborate process appointed Dr. Larbi to serve as the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Committee member.

President Duah congratulated Dr. Larbi for this significant milestone victory in the Tennis fraternity.

He said, ‘these achievements are evident of the strides that have been nurtured and sustained in the past five years of which GTF has strengthen its relationship with ITF, CAT, the Grand Slam federations and the other top ranked Federations of Europe and th
e Americas.’

Dr. Larbi and President Kenani were the only two Africans to earned opportunity to serve in the International Committee level.

Source: Ghana News Agency

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