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GES directs regional directors to release first-term capitation grants by October 30
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed all Regional Directors of Education to ensure that capitation grants for the first term of the 2026/2027 academic year are transferred to basic schools by Friday, October 30, 2026.
In a letter dated October 16, 2026, the GES said the funds had been transferred to the accounts of the various District Education Directorates for onward disbursement to the schools.
The service explained that the transfers to the district accounts included the sports and culture component meant for the district offices.
However, it noted that the regional sports and culture allocations had been transferred separately to designated accounts of the Regional Education Offices.
The Regional Directors have therefore been asked to ensure that the funds reach the schools by the October 30 deadline to enable heads of basic schools to carry out their activities without disruptions.
The GES announced that a team from its headquarters would visit the regions in the first week of November 2026 to monitor the disbursement of the funds.
It has consequently urged the Regional Directors to ensure that the money is transferred to the schools immediately.
By: Jacob Aggrey
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will undertake a nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination exercise in schools from October to December 2026 to protect eligible girls against cervical cancer and other HPV related diseases.
The exercise, organised in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and its partners through the School Health Education Programme (SHEP), will be conducted in two rounds.
The first round is scheduled for October 19 to 23, 2026, while the second will take place from November 30 to December 4, 2026.
In a press release dated October 19, the GHS explained that health workers would visit schools across the country to vaccinate eligible girls aged 9 to 14 who have not yet received the HPV vaccine.
The exercise forms part of efforts to raise awareness about the routine HPV vaccine, increase vaccination uptake and strengthen the country’s routine immunisation programme.
The GHS has called on school authorities, parents, guardians, teachers and community leaders to cooperate with health teams to ensure the successful implementation of the exercise.
The Service reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the health and well-being of Ghanaians, particularly children, through vaccination and other public health interventions.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has held high-level discussions with organisers of the 2026 Global South Academic Forum in Shanghai, seeking to draw lessons from China’s acclaimed rural revitalisation and poverty reduction drive.
The meeting, led by the Forum Chair, Professor Lu Xinyu, explored practical areas of cooperation and knowledge exchange between Ghana and China, with focus on community-driven development, fisheries and aquaculture, local governance, sports initiatives, and infrastructure development.
According to officials, the engagement is part of a broader effort by the Ghanaian government to study tested development models that can be adapted to the local context to promote inclusive growth, empower local communities, and improve livelihoods across the country.
China’s success in lifting over 800 million people out of poverty through targeted rural policies, investment in agriculture and local infrastructure has become a global reference point for developing nations.
The Vice President’s team says insights from the Forum will help inform policy direction, particularly in strengthening decentralised governance, boosting the fisheries and aquaculture sector, and investing in community-level infrastructure and youth sports development.
Professor Opoku-Agyemang is expected to continue engagements with academic and development institutions while in China.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
