A student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has been dismissed from the school for stealing laptops from the school’s library. Per a communique from the school, the student, Mr Dwumah Ramsay Ohene-Tutu stole two laptops from the school’s main library on different occasions. “Two other students …
Read More »Pass Licensure Exam Or Forget About Teaching – Education Minister Tells Teachers
Education Minister, Yaw Osei Adutwum, is unhappy despite the lowering of the pass mark in the recent licensure examination, the failure rate was very high. Out of the 27,455 candidates who sat for the 2020 teacher licensure examination, 8,442 failed to meet the pass mark. The number represents 30.7% of …
Read More »NaSIA Begins Discussion To Post Trained Teachers To Private Schools
The National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA) says it is negotiating with the Ministry of Education to begin posting trained teachers to private schools in the country. The move is also to supply private schools with government textbooks as it’s done for public schools. According to the Authority, the effort is …
Read More »I’m Happy UTAG Strike Has Been Suspended – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) for suspending its strike. Nana Akufo-Addo said government will take into consideration issues raised by the union and will work to address them. The President was speaking at a meeting with the leadership of the National …
Read More »No Textbooks: You Are Being Irresponsible Towards The Ghanaian Child – President Akufo-Addo Told
The Center for Socioeconomic Studies (CSS) is demanding clear timelines for the resolution of the continuing unavailability of textbooks for basic school students almost three years after the Nana Akufo-Addo led government introduced a new curriculum. The demand comes in the wake of reports that government has asked schools to …
Read More »We’re Still On Strike, Ignore Fake Reports – UTAG
The General Secretary of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), UG (Legon) Chapter , Dr. Bentel Quansah Bentum , says the Association has not suspended its strike action although it has agreed to resume work following an emergency meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) and Employment and Labour …
Read More »UTAG Suspends Strike; Agrees To Return To Negotiation Table
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has suspended its strike and has also agreed to return to the negotiation table. This follows an emergency meeting, its leaders had with the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations and the National Labour Commission (NLC) on Wednesday, August 18, …
Read More »UTAG Slapped With GHC3000 Fine For Breach Of Court Rules
The Labour Court in Accra presided over by Justice Frank Rockson Aboadwe has awarded cost of GHC3,000 against the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). This was after lawyers of UTAG failed to comply with Section 20(14) of the rules that govern their application before the court. The UTAG …
Read More »E/R: JHS Shut Down As Man Invades Premises With Machete
Kodjonya Millennium Presbyterian Junior High School (JHS) in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region has been temporarily closed down. This is after a cutlass-wielding young man stormed the school in an attempt to hack a teacher. The teachers in the school have boycotted teaching since the incident …
Read More »NAGRAT To GES: Final-Year Student Of Three Town SHS Who Injured A Teacher Must Be Punished
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) wants the final-year student of Three Town Senior High School at Denu in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region who assaulted his teacher to be punished to serve as a deterrent to others. The student is alleged to have been manhandling …
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