The National Buffer Stock Company has said that it sympathises with the food suppliers and will do the needful after an emergency meeting scheduled with the Board of Directors of the company. In recent days, the Free Senior High School program’s Food Suppliers Association members have been picketing outside the …
Read More »“If I go home without the money, someone will shoot me!”- Member of picketing Food Suppliers
One of the Food Suppliers Association members made a heartbreaking plea, detailing the terrible repercussions she may face if she went home without getting the money the National Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) owed her. The woman, who is said to be in her mid-40s, begged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo …
Read More »We will picket till they get us our money – National Food Suppliers
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, the National Food Suppliers Association started picketing outside the National Food Buffer Stock Company’s offices. The Association’s spokesperson, Kweku Amedume, told media that their action is intended to make a strong demand for their money because the government has not paid the more than two …
Read More »11-year-old girl drowned at Anwomaso after heavy rains
At Anwomaso-High Tension in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region, a class four student tragically perished after being swept away by fast-moving water. Residents claim that Agatha Oforiwaa, an 11-year-old girl, was carried away by flowing water after she slipped and fell while playing in a large bridge. Opanin …
Read More »Aggressive bees swarm, attack Teacher in classroom students run for cover
Today, July 4, 2023, at around 7 a.m., a maths and science teacher at Banu Junior High School in the Sissala West Municipality has been left with swollen lips after bees invaded his class. According to an interview with a teacher named Eric Tunti, while he was in class instructing final-year …
Read More »Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana cry out over unpaid allowances
The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) laments the delay in the Controller’s payment of monies to the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) for distribution to trainees throughout the nation’s Public Colleges. Following the recent release of GHS241 million for the payment of allowances to teacher trainees at the country’s …
Read More »New Juaben South MP kneels before BECE candidates for good grades
Hon. Micheal Okyere Baafi, an emotional member of parliament for New Juaben South, kneeled down while speaking with BECE candidates and pleaded with them to perform better in the examination this year. Adding that they could only pass their exams successfully when they put in the required effort and work …
Read More »Breaking News: Ashanti Regional SHS football competition called off
The Ashanti Regional football competition for boy’s division originally slated for Monday 26th June, 2023 has been called off. This comes after the Minister for Education Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum appealed to the Regional director of education Dr Kwame Amankrah and the SHS Federation to reconsider their decision to ban …
Read More »School Feeding Caterers suspend strike
The statewide strike of Ghana School Feeding Program (GSFP) caterers has been suspended. At a press conference, GSFP National President Mrs. Charlotte Ashiakie Asante announced this. She expressed her regret for the difficulties caused by the caterers’ unavailability to all affected schools. Mrs. Asante, however, asserted that they remain committed …
Read More »Over 6000 Teachers fail licensure examination
1,277 candidates who took the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE) again last month out of 7,728 candidates for teaching passed. The percentage represents 16.5% of the applicants who retook the exam designed to certify teaching professionals. All of the candidates had taken the exam at least twice, and some had …
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