EDUCATION

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 …

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said that it will not tolerate any conditionality by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that will negatively affect existing agreements between them and the government to improve the Conditions of Service of members. In a statement, the Union said the Government of …

The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) the National Association of Graduate Teachers (, NAGRAT) Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) and Teachers & Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) have asked their members to withdraw their services beginning today, Monday Junky 4   This decision was announced by General …

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has counseled staff members to make proper retirement plans. He encouraged them not to put off making plans for their post-pension lives until they had only a few years left. “You don’t need to wait until the last minute …

Collins Healthy Liver Foundation-Ghana (CHLiF-Gh) is a non-profit health organization committed to creating awareness of liver health and its related diseases. Its focus is on the early diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of Hepatitis B.   The foundation was established in honor of Elder Collins Yeboah, a father of three daughters …