EDUCATION

NLC appeals to striking teachers to suspend strike; invites them to meeting

November 9, 2022

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has appealed to the three Teacher unions; the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT) to suspend its industrial action. The Commission has again invited government representatives and leaders of the striking pre-tertiary Continue Reading

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Knect initiative to train Ghanaian teens after successful pilot in Togo

October 24, 2022

Knect, a philanthropic initiative started by a 15-year-old American girl that trains Togolese children in computer skills, will soon launch in Ghana.  The plan by Chloe Clerc to expand the initiative to Ghana follows a successful pilot in neighbouring Togo. Over 100 teenagers in Lome, the capital of Togo, have benefitted from the initiative which […]Continue Reading

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GETFund raises GH¢3.42 billion from loans, bonds

October 20, 2022

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) says ¢3.42 billion has been raised from its loans and bonds programme as of June this year. Out of the amount, ¢1.567 billion was raised from syndicated loans; ¢2.622 billion from bond proceeds; syndicated loans refinanced was GH¢ 1.214 billion; total net proceeds was ¢2.975 billion while that of […]Continue Reading

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Napo Wishes Manhyia South BECE Candidates Well

October 16, 2022

Dr. Mattew Opoku Prempeh, the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, in the Ashanti Region, has sent well wishes to all Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in the area. This year’s examination starts today. The former Minister of Education, who is currently the Minister of Energy, in a message yesterday,  said: “Kindly go all […]Continue Reading

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Let’s avoid politicization of education, Director advises Ghanaians

October 12, 2022

The Director of the Kintampo College of Health and Well-being (CoHK) in the Bono East Region, Dr. Kwabena Opoku-Adusei, has called on Ghanaians to refrain from unnecessary politicization of education in the country. He said he was unhappy about the admission of students on “protocol basis” saying if not stopped such attitude would adversely impact the nation’s […]Continue Reading

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UTAG, 3 other university labour unions threaten to go on strike on October 5

September 29, 2022

Four labour unions in the Public Universities in Ghana have issued a week ultimatum to the government to address outstanding conditions of service or they proceed on strike on October 5. The unions namely, the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH), and […]Continue Reading

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Teachers’ request for closure of schools in Bawku referred to MUSEC

September 26, 2022

The Bawku Educational Directorate in the Upper East Region has referred to the Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) a request by teachers to close down schools in the Municipality. The Conference of Head of Basic Schools in the Region has called on the Ghana Education Service to shut down schools following recent series of attacks and […]Continue Reading

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WAEC files police complaint after attack on official in Accra

September 19, 2022

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has filed an official complaint with police after one of its monitoring officials was severely attacked at the Santa Maria Senior High School in Accra. It is unclear why the men staged the attacks but WAEC says the officer’s mobile phone and spectacles were damaged in the […]Continue Reading

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Kufuor Scholars Program launches Kufour Scholars Associates

September 14, 2022

The Kufuor Scholars Program has launched a new youth development platform dubbed the Kufuor Scholars Associates to empower more young people in the country to become transformational leaders. The Kufuor Scholars Associates seek to expand on the training and mentorship the John A. Kufuor Foundation set up by former President John Agyekum Kufuor, gives young […]Continue Reading

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High Court dismisses UEW’s application for abridgment of time on Registrar’s leave

September 7, 2022

A Cape Coast High Court presided over by His Lordship Justice Kwasi Boakye, has dismissed an application for abridgment of time in a case involving the University of Education, Winneba (EUW) and its Registrar, Paul Osei-Barima. Mr. Osei Barima, in a letter that first emanated from the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University, […]Continue Reading