EDUCATION

Dr. Clement Apaak, the deputy-ranking member of the Parliament’s Education Committee, has criticized the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration for bringing back the quota system for colleges of education. Akufo-Addo and Bawumia’s NPP government, according to the Builsa South member, owe Ghanaians an apology for breaking a promise they made …

The government and labor unions’ scheduled meeting to discuss an increase in basic pay has been postponed. The different labor unions were anticipated to meet with representatives from the Finance Ministry, Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, and Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations on Tuesday to continue the discussions after …

On Friday, December 16, 2022, Nana Owiredu Wadie (I), the Nkosuohene of Kwahu-Nkwatia, opened and handed over to the Judicial Service the ultra-modern freshly built Circuit Court Complex located in Kwahu Nkwatia for the Kwahu East District of the Eastern region. Again, more than 500 students at Nkwatia D/A Primary …

After a school bus accident at Kodie in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region, ten pupils were taken to the hospital. On December 13, 2022, at around 4:00 p.m., an accident between a school bus with the license plate GN 9967-16 and a Kia Rhino with the …

With immediate effect, the Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has called off its almost four-week strike that started on November 18, 2022. This comes after the government team and the labor unions signed a Memorandum of Agreement and concluded their discussions. To this aim, TUTAG asked its members …

The Ghana National Association of Authors and Publishers, has urged parents and guidance to except the high prices of books for Pre-School and basic schools’ textbooks to go cash and Carry and high cost. Mr John Akwasi Amponsah, President of the Association at a press conference explained that, the current …

Dr. Christian Addai-Poku, Registrar of the National Teaching Council, reports that 44,000 of the 120 000 teachers who took the 2022 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examinations failed. Given the weak performance of the instructors who were tasked with educating youngsters, he claimed that the exam results were concerning. These comments were …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has entered the ongoing discussion about the upcoming Debt Exchange Program that the government plans to implement. The teachers claim that they are interested participants in the domestic bond market, which is supported by the Teachers Fund and its subsidiaries as well as …

The Ministry of Education’s inability to come to an agreement with the several striking unions in Ghana’s educational sector has alarmed the nation’s main student organization, the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS). The continuous strikes by the teacher and worker unions, according to NUGS, have “nearly brought tertiary education …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has acknowledged that there have been difficulties with the Free SHS Policy’s implementation. Despite the difficulties, the president gave the assurance that the administration is working to resolve many of them and would do so in the future. On Saturday, December 3, 2022, President Nana Akuffo Addo …