TEIN appeals to striking teachers to go back to classroom
The Greater Accra branch of the Tertiary Educational Institutions Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress, has appealed to teachers to call-off the strike since their action would affect...
View ArticleWesley Girls High School marks it’s 34th anniversary with speech and price...
A grand durbar has been held to mark the 34th anniversary of Kumasi Wesley Girls’ High School with an appeal for improved infrastructural development in the school. Mrs Esi Oduro Asante, Headmistress...
View ArticleAcademic institutions asked to use case methodology in training
Dr Clement Hammah, the Dean of Faculty of Business Administration at the All Nations University College (ANUC) in Koforidua, has urged academic institutions to adopt case methodology in training future...
View ArticlePublic School teachers suspend industrial action in Ghana
ACCRA, March 27 (Xinhua) — Executives of three main unions representing public school teachers in Ghana asked their rank and file here on Tuesday to return to the classrooms. The instruction followed...
View ArticleTEWU calls on all members to suspends strike action
The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has suspended their strike action with effect from Wednesday to enable negotiations to resolve their grievances to...
View ArticleStrike Galore – UTAG to also follow in suit
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have also threatened to embark on strike effective Tuesday April 2. In a statement signed by the National President of UTAG, Dr. Anthony Simmons,...
View ArticlePlans are underway for the permanent employment of 2,500 PWDs
Government is engaged in discussion with the Ministry of Education for an arrangement to provide permanent employment to 2,500 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) under the basic school computerization...
View ArticleGETFund is almost bankrupt
GETFund This is according to Public Relations Officer of the GETFUND; Stephen Baffoe who told CitiNews that despite an amount of GHc3million wired to some of the students on Government scholarship, the...
View ArticleGraduates need no white collar jobs
The Vice-Chancellor of West End University College at Gallia in Ga-South Municipality, Professor Kwadwo Ewusi, says new University graduates must be encouraged to establish themselves as entrepreneurs....
View ArticleGETFund Awaits Funding from MoF to Make Payments
Officials of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) have assured they will soon pay contractors undertaking various projects for the fund. Some contractors on projects under the Fund have complained...
View ArticleNGOs to go Under GES Scrutiny
The Ghana Education Service (GES) will soon establish a special desk at its headquarters to monitor activities and coordinate operations of non-governmental organisations (NGO) and civil societies...
View ArticleAfrican universities’ to get database facility built for research
A workshop on Institutional and National Digital Repository Collaborative Framework for African Academic and Research Institutions, has ended in Accra. The two-day workshop which began on Tuesday...
View ArticleProfessor Dominic Fobih Wants BECE Exams Abolished
Professor Dominic Fobih A Former Minister of Education in the erstwhile NPP Administration and the Member of Parliament for Assin South Constituency, Prof. Dominic Kwaku Fobih is calling for a complete...
View ArticleProf. Ewurama Addy suggests that emphasis on terminal examinations are...
Prof Ewurama Addy Professor Ewurama Addy has suggested that too much ‘unnecessary’ emphasis placed on terminal examinations in Ghana’s educational system has rendered the Basic Education Certificate...
View ArticleVandalism sends 85 boarding students packing
A total of 85 final year students of the Keta Business College (KETABUSCO) and Abor Senior High School have been withdrawn from the boarding house with immediate effect. They were found in engaging in...
View ArticleExtortion Spree In SHSs As Authorities Follow Gov’t Example
Prof. Jane Naana Opoku- Agyemang, Education Minister Credible information reaching Today indicates that final year students of Senior High Schools (SHSs) are being compelled by tutors and...
View ArticleDum-sor dum-sor Disorganizes GIMPA Exams
A major blackout that hit the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has thrown lectures and ongoing internal exams off track. The blackout was triggered by the failure of the...
View ArticleLegon Students Threaten Demonstration Again
Students of the University of Ghana have threatened to demonstrate against government for failing to convince striking teachers to call off their strike. The Striking University lecturers rejected...
View ArticleEx-Gratia payment to MP’s makes Teachers ‘Second-Class’ Citizens
The University Teachers Association Ghana (UTAG) has said the payment of ex-gratia by government to former Members of Parliament shows the unfairness which exists between government and public sector...
View ArticleRules and Regulations Governing 2013 WASSCE, BECE Set
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has set-out rules and regulations governing the 2013 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and Basic Education Certificate...
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