EDUCATION

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 …

The Ministry of Education says claim that the teacher and nursing trainees allowance has been canceled by government is false.   According to the ministry, writers are just circulating false and fabricated news to inform the public about cancellation of the teacher and nurse trainees allowance.     There was …

The High Court in Accra (General Jurisdiction) has dismissed the suit filed by two teacher unions- the Innovative Teachers and All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG) against K. A Technology, Ministry of Education and two others for lack of capacity.   This was upon an application by lawyers for K. A …