Tag Archives: Teachers

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Education, has announced a significant increase in the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) allowance for teachers across the country. In a statement issued by Kwasi Kwarteng, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Education and released in Accra yesterday, he confirmed that the CPD …

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has announced that it is seeking financial clearance from the Ministry of Education to recruit 2,500 teaching staff. In a statement, GTEC emphasised that this recruitment is intended to alleviate the current academic workload and ensure that academic activities can resume promptly. CETAG initiated …

In utter discontent over failed promises by the government, the National Council of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) staged a walkout on the Deputy Education Minister, Prof Kingsley Nyarko, and their national leadership for reneging on a promise to provide a laptop each to teachers across the country. …

The Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has urged teachers in the area to refrain from indoctrinating students with their political ideologies ahead of the upcoming 2024 December polls. Afenyo-Markin said such practice polarises the educational environment, creating acrimony among students. He made this comment during the distribution of …

The outstanding trainee allowances for 2024 will be released this Thursday, May 16, 2024, for payment to nursing and teacher trainees nationwide, according to a statement made by Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president and NPP’s flagbearer. The allowances for both teacher and nursing trainees, which the Akufo-Addo government restored …

The government’s delay in its negotiation with teacher unions could trigger another strike action. After three unions called off its strike action which affected academic activities, expectations were high for fruitful discussions to address the teachers’ grievances. The unions are the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association …

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has promised to construct affordable houses for teachers if voted into power in 2024. According to him, his empathy arises from the struggles caused by the 2-year advance rent scheme. The former president says he wants to prioritize this …

Some 256 teachers have sued the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Attorney General over their mass failure in the December 2021 promotional examinations. The teachers, who are on the Assistant Director Grade II position, sat for the Assistant Director Grade I promotion examination at the Ada Training College Centre. …

Ten students of Agogo State Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Akim North District of the Ashanti Region have been mercilessly beaten by teachers for fetching water outside the school campus. According to the students, they went to the community near the school to fetch water following water shortage …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is worried, the Ghana Education Service’s reluctance to promote teachers and members of the association to their designated ranks is causing increased agitation among its rank and file. GNAT at its 2022 national council meeting indicated this including “delays in supplying laptops, allowances …