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VIDEO: My Next Govt Will Construct Affordable Houses For Teachers, Farmers – Mahama Promises Ghanaians

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 …

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256 Teachers Drag GES To Court

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. …

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Agogo State SHS Teachers Flog Students For Fetching Water Outside Campus

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 …

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Teachers Fight GES Over Delayed Promotions

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 …

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Call Off Strike For The Sake Of BECE Candidates – Akufo-Addo Begs Teachers

The President of the 4th Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to striking teachers to return to the classroom while negotiations continue with the government. The President mentioned that teachers should consider the pending BECE that must be written by third-year students in Junior High Schools.   …

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TVET Service: Teachers of TVET Institutions Are Not Part Of The Strike

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 …

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North East Region: GES Sacks Twenty-seven (27) Teachers

Twenty-seven teachers in some basic schools in the North East Region have been dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for allegedly joining the service with fake appointment letters. The victims are said to have secured postings to the various schools with fake appointment and posting letters bearing the signature …

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Teaching Staff Promotion Test Results Released; 26,956 Teachers Promoted To Various Ranks

Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the results of the promotion test to various grades in the service.     In all 26, 954 candidates representing 67.5per cent of the 39,918 candidates were successful.     The grades involved are, deputy director, assistant director l, assistant director II.     …

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Government To Build 10,000 Housing Units For Teachers Across The Country – Akufo-Addo

The President of Ghana, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced plans to build 10,000 housing units for teachers across the country. The facilities, which will be given out for mortgages and rent, are expected to ease the accommodation challenge faced by teachers nationwide. Speaking at the sixth quadrennial national …

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Stop Using New Curriculum To Teach Pupils, Return To The Old One – GES To Teachers

The coalition of Concerned Teachers has revealed that the government through the Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed teachers to stop using the new curriculum for basic schools which implementation begin last month and return to using the old one.       It is recalledthat somewhere April 2019, the …

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