EDUCATION

The President of the 4th Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to striking teachers to return to the classroom while negotiations continue with the government. The President mentioned that teachers should consider the pending BECE that must be written by third-year students in Junior High Schools.   …

Senior High Schools in the Upper West Region may soon shut down if the government fails to supply them with adequate foodstuff to feed students. The Conference of Heads of Assisted Schools in the Upper West Region disclosed this in a statement following an emergency meeting held at the Queen …

Students in their final year at Usher Mills School in Accra say they will blame President Akufo-Addo if they fail the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The students made this comment during an interview with JoyNews on the impact of the strike action by their teachers on studies.   On …

Twenty-three (23) students of Ideal College a private Senior High School in East Legon, Accra, have been left injured after they were brutalised by some land guards and police officers, the school’s Management has reported. In an interview with Accra-based CitiFM, the Public Relations Officer of the school, Naphtali Kyei …

The government must embark on mass dismissal of striking teachers if they fail to agree to the employer’s [government’s] demand during negotiations on the cost of living allowance, a labour consultant, Yiadom Boakye Amponsah has said. Boakye Amponsah’s comment comes after the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) asked the …

The Ghana TVET Service has said teaching and non-teaching staff of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions across the country are not part of a strike declared by some teacher unions.   “Teaching and non-teaching staff of the Ghana TVET are not part of the declared strike …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has asked parents to keep their children at home for this whole week due to the strike action by its members. The association’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Prosper Tachie, explained that teachers will not return to classrooms for at least the whole of this …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed heads of all basic schools to keep the institutions open despite the strike action by the teachers. The teachers on Monday, July 4 proceeded on an indefinite strike as a result of the non-payment of a demanded cost of living allowance (COLA).   …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed Heads of Senior High Schools through the Regional and District Directors to mobilise their Management teams to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students in schools.   This comes after the leadership of all the various unions in the Pre-Tertiary Education Sector …

The National Labour Commission (NLC) says it has taken the necessary steps to get the grievances of teachers resolved immediately. As a result, the Commission has written to the government to engage the striking teachers while it has called on them to also rescind their industrial action.   The Executive …