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Over 1000 programmes have been approved by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) for study by public universities across the country. GTEC says the programmes will help streamline the academic calendar of tertiary institutions. Director-General of GTEC, Dr. Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor explained that a new body will be established to …

The Teachers and Educational Workers Union of TUC Ghana has joined the ongoing industrial action declared by the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG). The Senior Staff Association of the Public Universities in Ghana and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff (FUSSAG) declared an indefinite nationwide strike on …

The Member of Parliament for Akatsi North, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe has said the Minority in Parliament will prevent the government from carrying out its measure of weaning public universities off the government payroll.   He said if the government carries out this measure, the universities will be forced to generate their …

An education think tank, Africa Education Watch, has asked government to shut down all public universities across the country until the university teachers call off their strike. The education think tank in a statement argued that, in view of the increasing social and economic cost of staying on campus with …