EDUCATION

The State Experimental Basic Schools for the 2002 academic year at Nhyiaeso in the Ashanti region have given the school 200 mono desks, 30 teachers’ chairs, pendrives, storybooks, and other items worth GH50,000. Following a request from the school administration to support teaching and learning, the organization made the first …

The three teacher unions that are on strike in opposition to Dr. Eric Nkansah’s selection as the next Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) have received support from the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG).   CLOGSAG claims that the appointment of the Registrar at the …

The three teacher unions have been told by the National Labour Commission (NLC) to immediately end their strike and resume talks with the government. Due to the Teacher Unions’ unwillingness to end their strike, the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations brought the standoff between them and the striking unions …

Alhaji Umar Gariba Abubakar, vice president of the National Council of Zongo Chiefs, has advocated for a percentage quota system of educational scholarships under the Scholarship Scheme to be set aside for Muslims students from Zongo villages. He pointed out that the quota system would make it easier for youngsters …

If the government does not prioritize their wellbeing, two significant staff organizations at the 46 institutions of education across the nation have vowed to lay down their tools. The organizations are the Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana and the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) …

Former president of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), Emmanuel Yiadom Boakye, has called the three teacher unions’ current strike action illegal and dishonorable. He asserts that it is absurd for teacher unions to protest against a colleague of theirs who has been named Director-General of the Ghana Education …

A Forensic Chartered Accountant, Mr. Awuni Akyereba has called the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government as a matter of urgency, reprimand its Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Asafuah for the latter’s scathing attacks on the Education Minister, Hon. Osei Yaw Adutwum over the …

The Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG) leadership has refused to comply with their principals’ requests for them to begin providing for themselves. The Association has adamantly promised to fight any attempts to deny them their daily three-square meals. In a statement cited by Ghanatodayonline.com on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, …

The government is being asked for approval by the National Conference of Principal Colleges of Education-Ghana (PRINCOF) to allow all students enrolled in the different public colleges of education to begin supporting themselves as of November 7, 2022. The Principals claim that due to a current market trend, they have …

Four employee unions in Ghana’s public universities have stated that they will not end the current sit-down strike they started on Monday, October 17, 2022, to demand better working conditions. The unions made this disclosure in a statement that was released on October 25, 2022, and was co-signed by the …