EDUCATION

Following a cash donation made by the NPP Constituency First Vice Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party of the constituency to the Otumfuo Community Reading Challenge (OCRC) organized by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation on November 11, 2022, the award-winning student (Miss Lordina Serwaa Agyapong) in this year’s competition, …

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that 1,215,546 children of school-going age in Ghana are not attending school. A substantial 942,427 of the 1.2 million children have never attended school. These findings emanate from the 2021 PHC Thematic Brief on Childhood Vulnerabilities in Ghana, which presents statistics on children …

The three teacher unions who have been on strike for the past seven days in protest against the appointment of the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Dr Eric Nkansah, have called off the strike. This comes minutes after the National Labour Commission (NLC) secured a restraining order against the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has instructed heads of kindergartens, and primary schools, as well as secondary schools, to have their facilities open despite the ongoing strike by teacher unions across the country. Leadership of three teacher unions – the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Ghana National Association …

The meeting between teacher unions and the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations over the ongoing strike action has been adjourned to Tuesday, November 8. The Ghana National Association of Teachers, National Graduate Teachers and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers have all declared an indefinite nationwide strike to register their …

Two major staff associations at the 46 colleges of education across the country have threatened to lay down their tools if government does not prioritize their welfare. The groups are the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) and the Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG). …

The Ministry of Education says it is working to resolve its outstanding financial obligations to Colleges of Education. According to the Ministry, this is to help colleges fend for trainee teachers. This is according to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ministry, Mr Kwasi Kwarteng. In a Facebook on …

The Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF) has asked the Ministry of Education to give Principals the mandate to ask students to cater for themselves effective November 7, 2022. In a letter written on behalf of the Conference to the ministry, the Principals say the current market conditions …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is worried, the Ghana Education Service’s reluctance to promote teachers and members of the association to their designated ranks is causing increased agitation among its rank and file. GNAT at its 2022 national council meeting indicated this including “delays in supplying laptops, allowances …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday, 22nd October 2022, commissioned the Abomosu Model Senior High School, which is one of the nine (9) new model schools being constructed by Government.   The Abomoso Model Senior High School is fitted with the full complement of amenities …