EDUCATION

The Association of Aggrieved teachers has disputed claims by President Nana Akufo-Addo that teachers have been paid their legacy arrears. According to the association, all efforts to have the government pay the arrears owed its members have proven futile.   The group in a statement said, “We write with much …

The accommodation crisis at the University of Ghana (UG) gets worse yearly with no end in sight as thousands of admitted students fight like hell to secure comfortable residence for their academic work. The most obvious expressions worn by scores of frustrated students are those of outright despair and distress …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has terminated the appointments of 11 officers in connection with the 2020 WASSCE and BECE Examination Malpractices In a letter dated 24th September 2021, the GES said the affected officers were invited and appeared before a Committee at the GES Headquarters in Accra for a hearing …

The College of Education Teachers’ Association of Ghana (CETAG) has declared an indefinite strike across all 46 Ghanaian public Colleges of Education effective Thursday, 6 January 2022.   A statement released by CETAG said, “In an emergency, National Council meeting of the College of Education Teachers’ Association of Ghana (CETAG) …

The Conference of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) has indicated that they will respect the roadmap agreed with the Ministry of Education to put on hold, their threat to shut down schools. CHASS in a memo to its members complained about the erratic supply of food and release of funds …

The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) will today, Wednesday, January 5, 2022, embark on a nationwide strike to demand better conditions of service. According to the union, the government has failed to clear their professional development allowances owed them since 2020. In an …

The University of Ghana chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has announced a strike beginning from January 10th, 2022. UTAG is demanding better conditions of service and an increment in salaries of university lecturers. Speaking to Citi News, Secretary of the University of Ghana UTAG, Professor Ransford …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has stated that the substandard nature of Ghana’s education system has failed to produce problem-solving graduates hence the need for the country to chart a new path. He is worried the current education system has made graduates depend largely on other peoples’ inventions with …

The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU ) says it will begin a nationwide strike  from Wednesday 5 January. According to TEWU, government’s failure to pay Continuous Development Professional (CPD) allowance to non teaching staff has necessitated this action.     Addressing a news conference in Accra on Tuesday(4 January) …

In partial fulfilment of his solemn promise to provide full-time jobs to the products of Kessben University College, the Founder and sole Financier of the College, Mr. Stephen Boateng, has provided over one hundred and twenty (120) graduates with full-time jobs.     These B.Sc. and Diploma graduates of Kessben …