Minister for Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that the country will begin a novel initiative, an online high school next academic year.The sector minister made this information public while speaking on the state of Ghana’s education system on July 30, 2024.

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He stressed that this measure is part of ways of transforming Ghana’s Education System through Centre for Distance Learning and Open Schooling to enable people that “are left behind to enroll online and go through high school and get their certificate.”“We need to carry everyone along,” he added.Meanwhile, the government says it will establish six new universities in the country by the end of this year.

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They are the University of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Akrodie in the Ahafo Region; the University of Engineering and Agricultural Science at Bunso in the Eastern Region; the University of Health, Agriculture and Life Sciences at Kintampo in the Bono East Region; the University of Mampong in the Ashanti Region; the Local Governance and Leadership University in Accra, and the University for Sports Development.

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Other novel initiatives to be introduced by the Ministry of Education is the Ministry of Education Television station set to happen this month.The forum for the presentation was attended by a number of personalities, including heads of agencies under the Ministry of Education, heads of schools, directors of education, representatives of the country’s development partners and civil society

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organisations.

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