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2022 BECE: Everything To Know About Elective Subjects and Core Subjects In SHS

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Pre-shs Students have begun checking their result to see how best they performed. After the result checking comes with the pending computerised school selection placement system. This is a technology design purposely for the convenient placement of BECE graduate into senior high schools in Ghana.

After all these process before admission, the most important thing that must be noted by all the immediate past BECE Candidates or Pre-shs Students is their selected course and it’s elective subjects. One may ask, what is the difference between Elective subjects and Core Course?

Core courses are mandatory courses you must study to meet the requirements of your program but Electives are courses you can choose, allowing you to study topics that interest you. Electives, when added to your core courses, make up the total number of units needed to complete your program in the Senior High School.

Courses or subjects from which learners can choose according to their interests and needs, also referred to as electives. Typically offered in secondary and tertiary education and complementing the core curriculum that all learners must follow. Electives usually refer to subjects to be chosen within a range of options where opting for one or more subjects is compulsory. In some cases elective and optional mean the same thing, while in other cases optional refers to a subject that is not compulsory.

You are very lucky to tap on this article. Take your time and read the detaild information from this post as it will enlighten you on the Senior High School courses and their respective Elective subjects together with some job opportunities. Below are some of the courses offered in the Senior High School in Ghana.

General Arts:

General arts is the generalized study of the liberal arts and sciences. These courses are sometimes referred to as “classical education studies.” The curriculum in general arts is on general knowledge and intellectual capacities, Science, Literature and Language. Arts is one of the most creative streams. Arts offers many booming career opportunities that are out of the box and interesting to take up. There are certain misconceptions about the Arts stream that only the students who score less in Science choose Arts out of helplessness which is completely wrong. Therefore, if chosen wisely, a career in Arts stream will give food to your thought and help you fulfil all the dreams. Students who have pursued the Arts courses will be happy to know that there are an abundance of high salary career options available such as Content writter or Blogger, Event Management, Government Jobs, Social Worker, Social Media Manager, Wildlife Photography, Growth Hacker, Creative Director or Journalist and many more which can not be outline.

The following are the numerous of elective subjects available to student who want to offer General Arts as his or her course of study Economics, Government, Christian Religious Studies, History, Geography, Elective Mathematics, Fanste, French, Asante Twi, Literature and many others.

General Science:

SHS General Science Programme is a designed programme that involves the study of the natural phenomenon through a systematic approach of science: hypothesis, experiments, observation, and arriving at some logical conclusions. It elective subjects are Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Elective Mathematics and In some schools Geography.

Business:

Business is a course that prepare student for the business world. Below are the election subjects that a student willing to offer business will select from. Business Management, Principles Of Account, Cost Accounting, Financial Accounting, Elective Mathematics and Economics.

Visual Arts:

Visual Arts is designed programme that involves the studying of Ceramics, General Knowledge In Art, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Design Craft and many more.

General Agriculture:

The word Agriculture was derived from the Latin word ‘Ager’ meaning soil or field and ‘cultural’ meaning cultivation. There Agriculture is a science which deals with food and fibre production and processing. The following are the elective subjects to be studying as a General Agriculture student; Animal Husbandry, Chemistry, Crop production, Elective Mathematics, and many others depending on the school’s capacity.

Home Economics

This is one of the courses study in Senior High School that can track and offer various specialization that can lead to livelihood project at home. This course also aims to give a learner job-ready skills that can help in finding the right employment. The following are elective subjects to be read as home economics student in SHS; Food and Nutrition, Management In Living, Economics, General knowledge In Art (G. K. A).

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Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana declares total nationwide strike

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The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) has announced a total nationwide strike on Monday, September 16, 2024.

This is to express their demands for improved working conditions, after several protests and negotiations did not yield any result from government.

In a statement signed by National Chairman George Ansong on September 13, the Association expressed frustration over the government’s inability to fulfil previous agreements, highlighting several reasons.

According to them, although an earlier agreement was made, the government has not implemented new rates for vehicle maintenance and related allowances.

The statement also noted that the government has not released Tier Two deductions to Fund Managers since January 2024 and has neglected to recalculate interest on Tier Two pension funds from 2010 to 2016.

The SSA-UoG has directed all member campuses to adhere strictly to the strike directive, emphasising that the government failure to reach the agreement has caused the strike action.

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We’re not ready to work beyond our legally mandated hours

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The leadership of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has expressed its willingness to discuss how to recover lost instructional hours following their two-month-long strike, which lasted from June 14 to August 20, 2024.

The strike was initiated in protest of the government’s failure to implement the agreed-upon conditions of service for CETAG members.

After successful negotiations with the National Labour Commission and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, CETAG called off the strike on Tuesday, August 20.

However, in an interview with Citi News, CETAG’s national president, Prince Obeng-Himah, emphasized that while the association is open to discussions on recovering lost time, the teachers will not agree to work beyond the usual class hours.

“Some time ago, when it happened, we were compelled to teach up to 9 pm, 10 pm, then we started teaching the following day at 5 am. We are not prepared to go along that tangent. We will teach normally.

“It was not through any fault of ours because it is on record that ours is the only legal strike that Ghana has seen where we have gone on strike for two solid months and the National Labour Commission has not been able to pronounce it illegal.

“They have failed in their attempt to secure court injunctions to stop us and all of that. So we did not fault in any way. So if we are looking at Ghana in the face to say that we have called it off, there is no way anybody should impose anything that will put our health and what have you under pressure.”

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NDC pledges to scrap academic fees for first year university students

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The Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has made a promise to provide to scrap academic fees for first-year students in public universities.

This policy according to the party is part of a broader set of reforms aimed at making higher education accessible for all, most especially for students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

During the party’s youth manifesto launch in Accra on Monday, 12 August 2024, the flagbearer of the party, John Dramani Mahama highlighted several other key proposals including its “24-hour economy policy,” which aims to stimulate economic activity around the clock, potentially creating more job opportunities and improving productivity.

“We will create an enabling environment for young people to thrive and lay a foundation for prosperous Ghanaians not just a few.

“We will increase access to quality education from the basic and second cycle to tertiary levels as well as affordable healthcare and numerous job creation programmes,” he said.

Additionally, the party proposed the establishment of a Ministry for Youth Development, which the Party’s leader, Mahama says would presumably focus on unlocking the full potential of Ghana’s young people.

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