EDUCATION

The Public Relations Officer for the Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF), Adam Abdul Majid, has described former President John Dramani Mahama’s pledge to make first-year tertiary education free as “mere lip service”. According to him, the policy is “dead on arrival” as the current arrangement at the SLTF already provides …

The NDC was criticized by the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) for not consulting the organization prior to releasing its Youth Manifesto. On Tuesday, August 13, 2024, Daniel Oppong Kyeremeh, the president of NUGS, stated to asaaseradio.com that the student union was not consulted by the NDC while creating …

In response to the teachers’ unrelenting strike, a group of Ashanti region teacher trainees is calling for the temporary shutdown of all 46 colleges in the nation. After the government broke its pledge to execute outstanding mandatory arbitration rulings, the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) staged a …

The planned industrial action that was supposed to start on August 9th, 2024, has been canceled by the Teachers and Educational Workers Union of Trade Union Congress (TEWU-TUC), the Federation of Senior Staff Association of Ghana (FUSSAG), and the Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG). This decision comes after the …

The Ministry of Finance must approve the payment of agreed-upon allowances by August 8, 2024, or else three unions have said they would go on strike on August 9, 2024. This prospective strike involves the following unions: Teachers and Educational Workers Union of the Trade Union Congress (TEWU-TUC), Federation of …

John Mahama, the former president, has reiterated his dedication to addressing the obstacles confronting the Free Senior High School (SHS) program. As part of his Upper East Region campaign tour for the 2024 election, Mr. Mahama emphasized that he will not repeal the policy during a rally in Binduri. Rather, …

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has reaffirmed that the country must provide particular consideration to the educational requirements of those with disabilities, pointing out that doing so will not only assist Ghana fulfill its domestic duties but also its international commitments. Therefore, the government will keep looking into the best ways …

The much-discussed Agyapadie document, according to NDC flagbearer John Dramani Mahama, is a roadmap for state capture by the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to reports, the Agyapadie document, outlines the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) complex scheme to appropriate state property. He added that the document is real …

As part of efforts to put an end to the ongoing strike, the government and the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) have achieved an agreement about the conditions of service for its members. Following the government’s instruction to freeze its members’ pay for July, CETAG ceased to …

MTN Ghana has reaffirmed its support for Girls in ICT. At the climax of the Girls in ICT program this year, which was organized by the Ministry of Communication and Digitalization at the University of Ghana, Adwoa Wiafe, Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer for MTN Ghana, said this. MTN …