President Akufo-Addo Launches NCCE's Inter-University Quiz/Debate

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has, on Wednesday 30th August, 2017 launched its maiden edition of inter-university quiz and debate at the University of Ghana, Legon.

The competition which was launched by H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo forms part of the commission's celebrations of Ghana's 60th independence anniversary.

The Commission recognises the need to create awareness of the provisions of the 1992 constitution among citizens especially the youth who will in the near future take up the mantle of leadership of the country.

Speaking at the launch, President Akufo-Addo called on Ghanaians to jealously guard the constitution and not to lose sight of the country's history adding that, every citizen need to know and understand the laws governing the country.

He expressed firm believe in the commission's ability to discharge its constitutional mandate.
Madam Josephine Nkrumah, chairperson of the commission noted that, it is imperative that the role of the youth in shaping the destiny of the country *is* accentuated after 60 years of independence.

"After 60 years of attaining independence, and significantly 25 years of constitutional rule under the fourth republican constitution which embodies our hopes and aspirations as a people, the role of the youth in shaping the destiny of this country now more than ever should be accentuated. In the commission's view, this is necessary if we as Ghanaians are seriously pursuing a national transformation agenda," said the chairperson.

She explained that, the theme for the competition, "Restoring our Ghanaian Values as Active Citizens" was carefully crafted from the commission's theme for 2017 which placed emphasises on Ghanaian values and identity.
The maiden edition of the inter university debate seeks to promote good citizenship among the youth using the electronic quiz competition.
To participate in the competition, students are expected to learn the contents of the 1992 constitution.

Overview of the competition

In the next five months, sixteen (16) universities will compete in NCCE's quiz/debate and participants will be tested on knowledge of the 1992 constitution, and knowledge of political and governance history of Ghana.

The completion is divided into two parts. The first part is intra-university contest to select participants and representatives who will represent their university at the zonal level.
The second part is the inter-university contest. The country has been divided into zones and schools will compete in their zones to select zonal champions.
The zonal champions will then compete among themselves after which finalists will be determined to face off at the grand finale.

The competition will take the form of quizzes and the grand final will be a debate.
The grand final will be a nationally televised live debate.

The Zones

Northern Zone (Upper East, Upper West, Northern)
University of Development Studies, Tamale
University of Development Studies, Wa
Bolga Polytechnic

Middle Zone (Ashanti, Brong Ahafo)
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Sunyani Technical University
Catholic University

Western Zone (Western, Central )
Tarkoradi Technical University
University of Cape Coast
University of Education, Winneba

Eastern Zone (Eastern, Volta, Greater Accra)
All Nations University
Asheshi University
University of Ghana, Legon
Islamic University
GIMPA

How to Take a Screenshot on Almost Any Device

You’re a grownup. You know how to use a computer and a phone. So when it’s time to show off some portion of your screen, don’t try to take a photo of it—that’s kid’s stuff, and it looks like junk anyway. Just about every modern operating system has some method of saving what’s on your screen, and most of them make it pretty easy. Keep this simple guide bookmarked for every method you’ll ever need.

Windows 7 and 8

In older versions of Windows, you can merely press the Print Screen key (also marked “Print,” “PrtScn,” or “PrtSc” on some keyboards). This doesn’t actually save a copy of the screen, it copies the screen into the Windows clipboard, which can then be pasted (Ctrl+V) into any image field or graphics editor, like Paint, Paint.NET, Corel Draw, or Photoshop.

Windows 8.1 and 10

With a significant update to Windows 8.1 and following into Windows 10, Microsoft added some more modern tools. You can still use the Print Screen button to insert an image into an editor, but if you’d rather just quickly get an image file, you can press the Windows button and Print Screen at the same time (Win + PrtScn). The images will go to the “Screenshots” folder in your personal user’s Pictures folder (c:/Users/Your username/Pictures/Screenshots).

Want something even more specific? Press Alt+PrtScn to copy only the contents of your current window. This tool can’t be used to save a full image, but you can paste the contents of the window into an editor.

Windows also includes the Snipping Tool for more specific screenshots and annotations.

Microsoft’s Surface and Other Windows Tablets

Oddly, some of the first-party keyboards for Microsoft’s Surface tablets don’t include a Print Screen button. To take a screenshot from the keyboard, press Fn+Win+spacebar all at once.

Older Surface and Surface Pro tablets can also take a screenshot by pressing the Windows button on the tablet (beneath the screen) and the Down Volume button at the same time. For newer Surface models and more general Windows 10 tablets, press the Power button and Volume Down at the same time.

macOS

There are numerous ways to take a screenshot in macOS. o take a screenshot of your Mac’s entire screen, press Shift+Command+3. The image is saved directly to the desktop. To copy the image instead of saving it so that it can be inserted into an editor, Windows-style, press Command+Control+Shift+3. Your fingers will appreciate the workout.

For more specific screenshots, you can press Command+Shift+4 to open a built-in selection tool. Click and drag the selector across the area of the desktop you want to capture, with the covered area in transparent blue.

This selection area is surprisingly flexible. While dragging you can hold Shift to lock the selection vertically or horizontally, or hold Option to draw the selection square from the center out. Press the spacebar to manually move a completed selection box around, and Escape to clear it and return to your normal desktop.

Chrome OS

There’s no Print Screen button on the standard Chromebook. To take a screenshot, hold down Ctrl and then press the Switch Window button. That’s the box with two horizontal lines to the right, in between the Full Screen button and the Brightness Down button on most Chromebook keyboard layouts. An image of the full desktop will be saved to your Chrombook’s Download folder.

If you’re using another Chrome OS device with a standard keyboard, you can do the same thing with Ctrl+F5.

After you’ve taken the screenshot, you’ll see a notification in the bottom-right corner of the screen. You can press the contextual button here to copy the screenshot, and paste it (Ctrl+V) into an image editor.

Chrome OS also includes a partial screenshot tool. Hold down Ctrl+Shift+Switch Window (Ctrl+Shift+F5 on a standard keyboard), then click and drag the selection tool across a potion of the screen. When you release the mouse button, that selection will be saved as a separate image in your Downloads folder.

iOS

On iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches, press the Power button and the Home button at the same time. The contents of your screen will be saved to your Camera Roll folder. Pretty simple, huh?

Android

Starting with Android 4.0, the universal command for a screenshot in Android phones and tablets is Power+Volume Down. For almost every manufacturer, this will save a screenshot of the entire screen in either the main photo folder or /Pictures/Screenshots in the user storage area.

…Except for Samsung. For some reason, Samsung insists on using the same command as the iPhone for screenshots, Power+Home. This is true for hundreds of Samsung phone and tablet models…except some of the latest. Because the newest flagship Samsung phones like the Galaxy S8, S8+, and Galaxy Note 8 don’t have a physical Home button, they’ve switched back to the standard Android command, Power+Volume Down.

If you’re not sure of your manufacturer’s preference, try both Power+Volume Down and Power+Home. 99% of the time, one of them will trigger the screenshot command.

“Efie Ne Fie”, hostel finder application launched in UCC

Having problems finding a hostel? Well, it looks like finally your problems of finding quality and affordable hostels are over.

The “Efie ne Fie” app is an app for finding quality hostels on and off campus. This app which was launched a few days ago runs on Android and has features such as pictures of hostels, facilities and contact information of hostel managers.

In an short interview with Mr. Kwame Konadu Owusu, a national service scheme personnel who designed the app together with 4 University of Cape Coast students, he expressed his delight that although there were some challenges, assurance to the app has been successful assurance to keep working around the clock with his team to add more features such as distance from key places on campus to hostels to the “Efie ne Fie” app.

Visit this link to download the “Efie ne Fie” app for quality and affordable hostels:

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There will be no Entrance Examination for Newly Posted Teachers

The nationwide president of National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Christian Addae Opoku says he has been informed by the Education Minister that teachers won’t be writing entrance exams when posted to start their work as professional teachers.
According to him, Matthew Opoku Prempeh told him he hasn’t yet received any information from the National Teaching Council which will be actually compelling teachers to write entrance exams and has also not heard an announcement by a personnel of the NTC that it is intending to implement such policy.

Meanwhile, the story has been widely circulating around the angles of media tying many onto the rope of major talking points.

However, Christian Addae is of the view that a different method could be adopted to license teachers rather than the entrance exams.
“Not only entrance exams could be used to register teachers, the appraisal system could also be used as it has been suggested by NAGRAT”, he said.
About the piloting, he said its a good strategy by the Ministry of Education which would help enhance the professionalism and competence of teachers.

“Piloting is something important…… its not license or exams they would be piloting but rather the competences which is expected of every teacher and it is really going to help a lot” he answered when quizzed.

Source: EducationGhana

National Service Personnel insured for GH¢10,000.00 each

The National Service Scheme has introduced an insurance policy for personnel for the duration of their service.

The Deputy Executive Director in charge of Finance and Administration, Dr. Gifty Oware Aboagye said the insurance policy has a GH¢10,000.00 package for each service person.

Dr. Oware Aboagye made this known at a capacity building workshop for this year's batch of service personnel in Accra.

Source: GBCONLINE

Barcamp Ghana Programme to Engage Youth In Cape Coast

A GhanaThink Foundation project - Barcamp Cape Coast will be gathering young people in professionals in Cape Coast for a day of learning, networking and sharing. The theme for this Barcamp is "Innovation & Professionalism to drive change in Education".

The Barcamp Cape Coast 2017 event will be the 6th BarCamp in Cape Coast as it builds a network of young change makers, doers and entrepreneurs in Ghana. The event will be held at the University of Cape Coast New Site - Sasakawa Conference Room on September 9, 2017 .

Participants engaged in a breakout session at Barcamp Cape Coast 2016
According to the organizers, participants should expect:
- Mentoring by professionals or entrepreneurs
- Networking with like-minded individuals - participants could find their business or project partner
- Celebrating some of the best of innovations in Cape Coast
- Breakout sessions that participants can also lead

Register/RSVP to attend on the BarCamp Cape Coast eventbrite website here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/barcamp-cape-coast-2017-tickets-33211233694

BarCamp Cape Coast 2017 is supported by Tigo Ghana, Coca Cola & Ancybex.
Follow  Barcamp Cape Coast on social media. Twitter | Facebook | Google+

Source: ATLFMONLINE

UCC SRC: FOR PUBLIC NOTICE:

31st August, 2017

The SRC wishes to bring to the notice of all students that nomination for the Subcommittee for 2017/18 Academic year has been opened with the following details.

*Thursday*
31st August- Opening of nomination
*Wednesday*
6th Sept- Closing of nomination
*Friday*
8th Sept- Publication of list of applicant's
*Saturday*
9th Sept- Vetting of applicant's, 9am to 6pm.
*Sunday*
10th Sept- Vetting of applicant's, 12pm to 6pm.
*Tuesday*
12th Sept- Publication of Final List qualified applicant's.

*VARIOUS COMMITTEE*
- finance
-Amalgamated
-Publicity and information
-Welfare
- Entertainment
-Transport
-planning and organizing
-Programmes and project
-Health
-Academic
Sports and Recreation
-Sponsorship
-Water, Market and Sanitation
-Diaspora
-Library.

Students are encouraged to pick forms at the various locations:
* The porters Lodge of all the various hall of residence
* SRC office behind Valco hall
* Porters Lodge of Ayensu plaza for all students at Ayensu and it's environs
*Porters Lodge of Sammy Otoo for all at Kwaprow and its environs
*Porters Lodge of Oye Inn for all at Amomama and its environs

The SRC wishes all students a great and wonderful semester, Uniting the students front is a major Step in achieving our collective goals of improving on our welfare and interest.
thank you.

Signed:
Valarie Adjei-Mensah
SECRETARY

Issued:
Aziz Mahmud Watara
Public Relations Officer
wataraazizmahmud@mail.com

Teacher Trainees to Pocket GH¢204 as monthly allowances Per Semester

Teacher Trainees in all public Colleges of Education in the country shall receive their allowances beginning October 2017.
The allowances shall be paid p er Semester ,comprising four months per semester and Eight months in an academic year .

Unlike before the cancellation of the allowances ,Trainees were paid for twelve months in a year ,including vacations.
The total amount to be paid to each trainee per month shall be GH¢400.00 of which there shall be a deduction of GH¢196.00 at source (SLTF ) as payment for feeding fee per student.

The amount to be paid into each Trainees’ account after all deductions shall be GH¢204.00.

Source: EducationGhana.net

Kenya bans the use of plastic bags

Kenya plastic bag ban comes into force after years of delays​

A ban on plastic carrier bags has come into force in Kenya, which means that from Monday anyone found selling, manufacturing or carrying them could face fines of up to $38,000 or prison sentences of up to four years. The government says the ban will help protect the environment.

Credit: BBC

But manufacturers of the bags have argued that 80,000 jobs could be lost. A court on Friday rejected a challenge to the ban. Kenyans are estimated to use 24 million bags a month.

A number of other African countries have outlawed plastic carrier bags, including South Africa, Rwanda and Eritrea.This is the third attempt in the past 10 years to ban plastic bags in Kenya.

NSS Absolves Itself From Delays In Payment Of Allowances

The Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme Dr. Gifty Oware Aboagye has explained that most problems associated with the payment of allowances stem from challenges that originate from the personnel themselves but not the secretariat.

In an interview with Theophilus Sosi during a recent visit to ATL FM, Mrs Aboagye explained that, in the past, personnel experienced delays with their banks but the service now deals directly with the banks to ensure prompt payment.

She said the National Service Secretariat has instituted measures to block loopholes which enabled people to take advantage to collect allowances unduly.
She added the secretariat has instituted measures to synergize the banks of all personnel to avoid delays in payment of allowances.

Source: ATL FM News

UCC To Impose Strict Sanctions On Indiscipline

The Vice Chancellor of University of Cape Coast, Professor Joseph Ghartey Ampiah has cautioned students of the university against indiscipline warning, management will take any student on for engaging in any form of misbehavior.
He said the university will impose strict sanctions on any student found culpable of any form of insubordination.

The Vice Chancellor gave the stern warning while addressing students at a welcome Christian church service organized for first year students of the University.

Professor Ghartey Ampiah indicated that, the university as an academic institution is focused on satisfying the academic needs of students under a conducive atmosphere and therefore will not allow any disturbances affect the peace within the university.

He described as unfortunate the few times the university has to suffer for the bad behavior of some students. He said such behavior should be at all times abhorred since it tarnishes the image of the university.

Professor Ampiah encouraged the students to be law abiding, have respect for all and at all times remember their aim of coming to the university and work towards it.

He called on the students to have careful balance of their Christian and academic life so that one does not deprive the other.

According to him, it is important for students to appreciate the opportunity given them to have their university education in UCC. He explained that University of Cape Coast is a great university with the requisite machinery that trains students to be resourceful in all fields of endeavor.

Source: ATL FM News

How To Encrypt and Password Protect your USB PenDrive in Window 10

Like we all know Pendrive is one of the most popular ways of sharing data between computers. We share lots of stuff like movies, song and other media from Pendrives. But sometimes we also share some sensitive information or media in Pendrives. We don’t want this information, and sensitive data goes in wrong hands.

How To Encrypt and Password Protect your Pendrive in Window 10 and 7
In this post, I show you how you can secure, and
Password protects your USB Pendrive in Window 10 PC. You don’t need to download any third-party software in your Window Computer for securing and Password protect your pen drive.
We use Bitlocker Drive Encryption tool in Window for encrypting and securing your Pendrive in Window PC. Bitlocker Drive Encryption is integrated software in all Window versions. So this trick works in Window versions.

1. Right Click on your USB Drive in your Window Explorer and select Turn on BitLocker option.

2. In the next Window type the password for securing your Pendrive. Click on Next button.

3. Now Backup your recovery key. Click on Save to file and save your recovery key in text format on your Computer.

4. Select Encrypt entire drive(slower but best for PCs and drivers already in use) and click on next button.

5. Are you ready to encrypt your Pendrive. Click on Start Encrypting button.
6. Now your Pendrive Encryption process started in your Window 10 PC. This process takes some time so sit back and read this post.

When Encryption completes in your Window PC. Plugged out your Pendrive and again Plug-in your Pendrive in your PC.

When you Open your Pendrive in Computer. Your Window 10 asks you enter the password for opening Pendrive like this screenshot.

Credit: PASTECH SOLUTIONS

USAG EC allegedly Printed 300 ballot papers in favour of a Presidential Candidate

The political scene in Ghana has been characterized with accusations and counter accusations when it gets to electioneering periods.
Politicians who govern our country today had in one way or the other engaged in Students’ Politics while in School,and issues of election ‘fights’ are believed to have started from the Educational Institutions according to Prof. Yankah .

Recently at the Congress of the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG),there were reported cases of some thugs allegedly from the camp of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) known as the Invisible Forces invaded the electoral process.

Reports reaching EducationGhana indicates that a Communiqué from Kwadwo Baah Karikari ,popularly known as ‘THE POLITICAL’ on the happenings at the end of the election explains that an EC official and core management member from the camp of his main opponent printed over 300 ballot papers at the back of the GUSSS hostel about two hours before the commencement of the election.

According to the communiqué ,he is ever ready to bring out full facts about his claim on social media after sending copies to the Judicial board and possibly the court of Justice.
He indicated his decision never to give a rebuttal to any false claims postulated by anybody as far as his candidature for the portfolio is concerned.

He chastised tag on the GRASAG elections and comments from the vetting room which he believed were signals of an unfair election.

Source: EducationGhana