EDUCATION

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it regrets wrongly citing Action Secondary Technical School (ASTS) at Madina for examination malpractice during its Friday, 16 September 2022 update to the media. “During the Council’s second update to the media on September 16, 2022, Action Secondary Technical School, Madina, was …

The Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) has announced that it has put off its strike which began early November. The strike, which began Friday, November 11, was as a result of government’s delay in implementing some agreed 2022 conditions of service for its members. The association …

Ghana is currently in talks with member countries of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over the adoption of its serialisation policy, Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said. The policy of serialisation means that students at different examination centers and even at the same examination center will receive different questions …

The Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) will be striking from December 6, 2022 if the government does not address its condition of service concerns. In a statement, the union said the strike was a result of the government and the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission’s “refusal” to address …

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). …