Education
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[UTAG strike] We have been negotiating for 10 years, meeting is not food – Gyampo to govt, NLC
The newly elected Secretary for the striking University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) Professor Ransford Gyampo says the regular meetings between the association and government have little val…
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GRASAG registers displeasure over universities’ strike
The Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG), have appealed to the Government to take immediate action to resolve the concerns raised by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), an…
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Mass failure rocks 2021 Teacher Licensure Examination
The majority of graduate teachers who sat for the 2021 May Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination conducted by the National Teaching Council (NTC) have failed, the Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana …
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Global literacy rate: Akufo-Addo’s free SHS has taken Ghana to 65.5% – John Kumah
A recent Global literacy rating has confirmed that Ghana after implementing Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy has moved from 37% to 65.5%, the Deputy Minister for Finance, Hon. John Ampontuah…
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KNUST faces impending closure following UTAG strike
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology faces imminent closure following a strike action by the University Teachers Association of Ghana and the Senior Staff Association. Together with…
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UTAG, SSA-UOG kickoff strike action after govt failed to uphold conditions
Effective Monday, 2 August 2021, the University Teachers Association (UTAG) is expected to commence an intended industrial strike action. Members of UTAG have been asked to stay off teaching, examina…
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Universities senior staff to kickoff strike from Monday
The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana has declared a strike effective 2 August 2021 in connection with the failure by the government resolve issues concerning their conditions of serv…
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We agreed to 4% salary increment to avoid losing our jobs – TEWU
The General Secretary of Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU), Mark Dankyira Korankye, says organized labour acquiesced to the 4% increment on public sector salaries to among other things av…
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56 per cent of 2020 BECE candidates failed in Eastern Region
A total of 27,561 candidates representing fifty-six percent(56%) of candidates in Eastern region who wrote the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) failed. Statistical analysis of the …
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We are looking to increase education budget by 23% – Akufo-Addo speaks in London
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he intends to increase the 23 per cent of the government’s budget spent on education in Ghana. Although he said the 23 per cent in Ghana is the highest …