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Textbooks for new curriculum to be ready in February – Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education has announced it will approve the textbooks and see to its publication for public basic schools by February...

Free SHS has increased enrolment by 69 percent – Bawumia

The Free Senior High School Policy has increased enrolment in secondary schools by 69 percent within the last three years, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia...

All you need to know about the 2019/2020 SHS academic calendar

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the new academic calendar of 2019/2020 for double-track and single track Second Cycle (Senior High School) Institutions.The GES in...

‘You have given us 21st Century skills’ – Right To Play Ghana lauded

Right To Play Ghana has roundly been praised for introducing play-based learning methodology which enables teachers to incorporate play in their lesson delivery.Keta Municipal Education Director,...

MoE rubbishes Mahama’s TVET comments

The Ministry of Education (MoE) is of the opinion that former President John Dramani Mahama’s idea of prioritising Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET)...

Licensure regime: A critical tool aimed at improving teacher standards

Ghana, as a country, has developed an enviable record in many spheres of development across the Western African Sub-Region, and the continent at large....

Mulan Activity Centre holds Carols service

Mulan Activity Centre on Saturday held its Nine Lessons and Carols to herald the Christmas festivities in Accra.The event, attended by pupils, their parents...

Over 40,000 teachers have been employed under Free SHS – John Boadu

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, says the government has employed over 40,000 teachers under the Free Senior High School...

25% of teachers not qualified – NTC

About 25 per cent of newly trained teachers are not qualified to be in the classroom, the Executive Secretary of the National Teaching Council...

Law students peeved as their suit against Attorney-General, GLC is pushed to 2020

A suit brought against the Attorney-General and the General Legal Council (GLC) by a group of law students has been adjourned to January 2020...

TUTAG threatens industrial unrest over salary disparities

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG), has threatened nationwide industrial unrest to demand better remunerations and conditions of service.The Association has also...

GHANASS 85 year group donates desks to Alma mata

The 1985 year group of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASS-GOSA 85 & GOSA- UK) has presented 83 mono desks to its alma mata.The ...

Video: FDA confirms food poisoning as cause of Accra High School outbreak

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confirmed food poisoning as the cause of recent foodborne disease outbreak among some students at the Accra High...

New curriculum bars some pupils in Savannah Region from writing end of term exam

Public primary schools in the Savannah Region of Ghana could not write end of term examination due to a new curriculum introduced by the...

KNUST to establish Science, Technology University in The Gambia

The Gambian government and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have signed an agreement for the establishment of a Science, Technology...

NaCCA begins third Common Core Programme (CCP) review workshop

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has began the 3rd review workshop on the Common Core Programme (CCP)for Junior High School (JHS)...

Striking teachers still absent in schools in Kumasi

Majority of striking teachers in most basic and senior high schools in the Kumasi Metropolis, have not yet resumed work despite the National Labour...

Ghana Library Authority refurbishes children’s libraries in 5 regions

The Ghana Library Authority has given facelifts to children libraries in five regions across Ghana to create a conducive environment for patrons.The Children’s libraries...

Illegal strikes get things done in Ghana – GNAT executive

Head of Salaries and Working Conditions at the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), justifying the decision of the three teachers unions to go...

We need full disclosure – Kweku Baako on teachers’ strike

Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has advised that a full disclosure be made by the government to the public...

Private schools send SOS message to govt

The Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools (CHOPPS) has called for the government to absorb more private second cycle schools into the...

Audio: GH¢49m for striking teachers a hoax, GNAT exposes govt

President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has rubbished claims that GH¢ 49 million has been released by the Finance Ministry to...

Striking teachers to battle NLC in court [Audio]

President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Philipa Larsen, says the teacher unions will cut ties with the National Labour Commission (NLC)...

NLC explains reason for court order against striking teachers

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has explained its decision to secure a court order against three teacher unions whose members are currently striking.The Commission's...

Pupils engage in free-for-all fight as teachers strike [Photos]

The absence of teachers in Al-Manara Islamic Primary School in Damongo in the West Gonja District of the Savannah Region due to the strike...

Striking teachers to return to class following court order

The three striking Teacher Unions who embarked on a strike have agreed to call of the action following a court injunction secured against their...

NAGRAT president fumes over strike action criticisms

President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has hit back at some individuals for criticising the ongoing industrial strike of three teacher...

Arrears owed striking teachers revealed!

Public Relations Officer of the Education Ministry has revealed the government is working effortlessly to pay arrears it owes members of the three striking...

Politicising strike will not take us to the classrooms – NAGRAT President

President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says attempts by some individuals to politicise teachers’ industrial strike will not take the unions...

Govt committed to pay teachers’ arrears – Ekow Assafuah

Public Relations Officer of the Education Ministry is optimistic the Akufo-Addo-led government is committed to paying the arrears of striking teacher unions.According to Vincent...

Audio: You can force us to the classrooms but … – NAGRAT to NLC

National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is unfazed about a court order asking them to return to the classroom.President of the Association, Angel Carbonu,...

Listen: NAGRAT Prez clashes with Minister

The studio of Asempa FM was turned into an arena for trading insults when President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) attempted...

Audio: Court orders teachers to call off strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interlocutory injunction from the Accra High Court 2, Labour Division to restrict teachers from continuing with...

Watch: Pupils at Ejisu take to fishing over teachers’ strike

Some pupils at Ejisu in the Ashanti region have taken to fishing in the Afiesu stream after they went to see their classrooms locked...

Just In: GH₵49m released to pay striking teachers

The Ministry of Finance has ordered the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) to release an amount of GHS49,998,626.72 to the Ghana Education Service...

Eastern region wins Ghana library awards

The Ghana Library Authority has adjudged the Eastern Regional Library as the best library in Ghana with its Akim Oda branch emerging the best...

Teachers’ strike: School prefects assume role of teachers

Prefects of the Zo-simli Girls Junior High School in Tamale, capital of the Northern Region of Ghana, assumed role of teachers on Tuesday following the three...

NLC orders teachers to call off strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has asked striking teachers to call off their ongoing strike.It follows a mediation meeting with the teacher unions, Ghana...

Students stranded at Obuasi as teachers’ strike enters day two

Students in some basic and junior high schools at Obuasi in the Ashanti region are still left stranded as the indefinite strike of the...

GES Council Chair’s comment on Adom FM angers GNAT President [audio]

A comment by the Chairman of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Council, Michael Nsowah, to the effect that government was paying what has become...