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Three teacher unions threaten strike over ‘problematic’ working conditions

Three teacher unions have threatened to lay down their tools over a development they claim is a hindrance to academic activities in schools across...

Good news for students who cannot read or write

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, says the government intends to institute measures to reduce the elective subjects of Junior High School pupils...

Okudzeto Ablakwa petitioned US Embassy over students visa appointments

The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has written to the United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie Sullivan,...

Teacher unions issue one-month ultimatum to GES over this… [Video]

Teacher Unions have issued a one-month ultimatum to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to address challenges the country's pre-tertiary education is faced with or...

Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana calls off strike

The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association (PUSSAG) have suspended their industrial strike action with immediate...

Right To Play Ghana unveils interactive power resource to boost playful learning

Right To Play has unveiled an interactive resource material which contains 100 gender-responsive play-based learning activities that will boost playful learning across Ghana.   The Play...

UTAG tightens strike

Members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) in 13 public universities are demanding that the national strike continues. The association and its members...

Why UTAG won’t call off strike despite court order

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says its members will not return to work despite an injunction sought by the National Labour Commission...

GNAT rejects 2021/2022 salary increment for public workers

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has rejected the recent upward adjustment of salaries for public sector workers pegged at four and seven...

UTAG reacts to NLC’s injunction

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has expressed disappointment in the National Labour Commission (NLC) over an injunction against their strike. UTAG members are...

NLC secures injunction against UTAG

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interlocutory injunction to compel the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to call off their strike. The...

UG reacts to $165m judgment debt claim

The University of Ghana (UG) has debunked claims that it has been slapped with a $165m judgment debt by a New York Court for...

We will make Ghana ungovernable if … GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to set up a commission as part of measures to address...

University of Ghana suspends exam indefinitely

The University of Ghana has postponed its scheduled examination for the second semester of the 2020/2021 academic year indefinitely as the strike action by...

Islamic school for the blind under construction in Accra and Kumasi

The construction of an Islamic School for the blind is underway in Accra and Kumasi. It will provide quality education for visually impaired children in...

Management of ‘Our Day boy’ Oswald’s school has a message for all

The management of Christ Ambassadors School of Excellence has expressed appreciation to all companies and individuals who made the popular 'Oswald Day' celebration a...

Second-semester exam for UCC Affiliated Colleges rescheduled

The date for the commencement of the end of the second semester examination for level 300 and level 200 trainees of University of Cape...

UTAG strike: University students bare teeth at government

University Students have given the government a two-day ultimatum to resolve all concerns raised by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). The students say...

BECE: 24 basic schools in E/R scored 0% in 2020 examination

A total of twenty-four (24) schools in 13 Districts/Municipalities in the Eastern Region recorded Zero percent (0%) passes during the 2020 Basic Education Certificate...

UTAG strike: UMaT cancels second semester exam

Students of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa are feeling the brunt of the ongoing strike by the University Teachers Association of...

Primary 6 girl creates model house with cardboard

A primary six pupil of Kwaku Panfo M A Basic School in the Ga South Municipal Assembly, Franklina, has exhibited her civil engineering skills...

Free SHS: Uncompleted structures converted to classrooms at Prempeh College

JoyNews/AdomNews · Prempeh College converts parts of its uncompleted structure to classroom School authorities at Prempeh College in the Ashanti Region have been compelled to...

UTAG declares nationwide strike

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has directed members to withdraw all teaching and related activities on...

COVID-19: University of Ghana to shut down bush canteen

The University of Ghana is set to shut down the staff market, popularly known as Bush Canteen. This, according to a statement signed by the...

Good news for teachers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is set to distribute some laptops to teachers under the government's one-teacher one laptop initiative. This comes after President Nana...

National Teaching Council releases licensure exam results

The National Teaching Council is expected to release results for the May 2021 licensure examination today, July 29, 2021. This was announced in a...

Good news for Osu Presby students [Photos]

Students at the Osu Presbyterian School are beaming with smiles after gaining entry into their new classroom building. The building was reportedly locked with students...

New twist to Assin North MP’s case

Lawyers of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, Joe Gyaakye Quayson, have withdrawn an application to invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of the...

President of the National Service Personnel Association calls for an increase in allowance

The President of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA), Emmanuel Brimpong Akosah, has appealed to the government to consider increasing the allowance paid to...

Teacher unions send strong message to govt over 4% salary increment

Teacher Unions have cautioned the government to take a second look at the four percent salary increment for public sector workers. They say if the...

Prof Nana Aba Amfo named Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana

Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has been appointed the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (Legon), effective August 1, 2021. Prof Amfo, until her...

Covid-19: 100 students in 4 Senior High Schools among active cases in Kumasi

At least, four Senior High Schools in the Ashanti Region have recorded over 100 Covid-19 active cases as the upsurge in cases continue. Almost all...

Samira Bawumia blesses teachers, pupils in Akuapem North Municipality [Photos]

The Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, has donated teaching and learning materials to pupils and teachers in the Akuapem North Municipality in the Eastern Region. Over...

7 convicted of WASSCE malpractice [Photos]

Seven persons, made up of three students, two teachers and two administrators, have been convicted of impersonation in the 2020 West Africa Secondary School...

UTAG threatens strike over conditions of service

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is threatening to strike on August 2, 2021. The decision is a result of the government’s failure to...

Kumasi Girls’ SHS final year students allowed to go home after protest

Final year students of the Kumasi Girls Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region have been allowed to go home for their mid-semester...

6 UGBS professors named among Ghana’s top 100 lecturers

Six professors of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) have been named as part of the top 100 lecturers in the country. The World...

Police deny assault on Kumasi Girls SHS students

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has denied claims of assault on rioting students at the Kumasi Girls’ Senior High School (SHS). Some students of the...

Disregard reports of surge in Covid-19 cases on KNUST campus – Management

University Relations Officer of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says the school has recorded no case of Covid-19 on the...

Minister reacts to assault on Kumasi Girls’ students [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ashanti Regional Minister comment on alleged assault on Kumasi Girls High School students The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has reacted to...