EDUCATION

The government has been handed a 10-day ultimatum by three public university worker unions to pay them portions of their Vehicle Maintenance Allowance or risk strike action. Demanding better working conditions is the course of action, according to the Teachers and Educational Workers Union of Trades Union Congress (TEWU-TUC), the …

The Electoral Commission (EC) has received a request from the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) to set up voter transfer centers on college campuses throughout the nation. The goal of this appeal is to support students who are registered voters but are unable to vote in their home constituency …

In response to delays in the disbursement of unpaid allowance arrears owing to its members, the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) leadership has announced an indefinite strike. The National Labor Commission (NLC) ordered the government to honor the payments, but CETAG noted in a June 3 statement …

Ghana’s government is committed to promoting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, as stated by President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The President gave a speech at the 3rd Applied Research Conference of Technical Universities in Ghana (ARCTUG 2024) in Sunyani, where he described the numerous programs …

The MTN Ghana Foundation has declared that on May 31, 2024, it would cease accepting applications for its Bright Scholarship program. Before the application deadline, eligible candidates who fulfill all requirements are advised to apply online at scholarship.mtn.com.gh. Any continuing student seeking a first degree at any public postsecondary school …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has placed the bursar, matron, and storekeeper of Somé Senior High School (SHS) under arrest for allegedly stealing school-owned food supplies. They were identified by the GES as Alex Obuadi (storekeeper), Yorm Dzikumu (matrons), and Richard Ametorxe (bursar) in a press release announcing their interdiction. …

The Finance Ministry has given the Ghana Education Service (GES) permission to hire the class of 2022 qualified teachers who will graduate from public education colleges throughout the nation through the Ministry of Education. As a result, in order to be considered for employment, the Ghana Education Service is calling …

The national leadership of the pre-tertiary teacher unions has been urged by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to bring its restless members to order. The Commission claims that the teachers’ ongoing protests violate the deal that their leaders and the administration reached. On May 7, 2024, in an …

According to the National Association of Institutional Suppliers, the Ministry of Education has not complied with its pledge to pay all outstanding invoices to suppliers, namely for the years 2021–2022. Many of the group’s members claim not to have received any compensation. The vendors issued the following statement: “It is …

An ultimatum demanding the execution of agreed-upon allowances within a week has been issued by three branches of the Ashanti region’s pre-tertiary teaching unions. If the government failed to comply with this, they threatened to put down their tools. The government has been at odds with the unions for fifteen …