Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Ghana’s Minister for Education, has announced that the country will introduce a Virtual Senior High School starting next academic year, with an initial enrollment of 10,000 students nationwide.   This initiative was unveiled during the launch of the Ghana Knowledge and Skills Bank Portal on September…

Minister for Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has strongly indicated that Ghana will have a virtual high school starting from the next academic year. He announced that an initial 10,000 students nationwide will be enrolled in the Virtual Senior High School (SHS). This announcement was made during the launch of the Ghana Knowledge and Skills Bank Portal on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, by the Ministry of Communications in partnership with the Education Ministry. Dr. Yaw Adutwum explained that the virtual high school set to begin next academic year is part of the transformation that the New Patriotic Party (NPP), under the leadership of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, intends for the education sector. He clarified that the virtual high school will be hosted on the Skills and Knowledge Bank Portal, where students will go through their studies via the platform, which contains content from the approved curriculum. The Minister revealed that Ghana is collaborating with the Open University in the…