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New GES boss pledges to work with all stakeholders

The newly appointed Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah, has assured the government of his readiness to work very hard...

Akufo-Addo thanks organised labour for agreeing to 15% COLA

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed gratitude to the organised labour unions for agreeing to the 15% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) offered by the...
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NPP elections: Gyampo sends message to aspirants who display cash

A political scientist, Professor Ransford Gyampo has stated that the current agitations on the labour front may intensify if the contestants display cash at...
University of Ghana campus, Legon

COLA: Senior Staff Association of Universities in Ghana declares strike [Listen]

All senior staff of public universities across the country have been directed by their leadership to lay down their tools .The action is to...

Fair Wages and Salaries Commission meets organised labour tomorrow

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) will tomorrow commence moves to avert a looming nationwide strike by organised labour.The Commission will begin negotiations...
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NAGRAT strike continues despite Akufo-Addo’s plea

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) will not be calling off its strike action despite President Akufo-Addo’s plea.Speaking on The Probe on Sunday,...

UTAG warns govt over IMF bailout

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has warned that it will not tolerate any conditionality from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that will...
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We’ll abandon WASSCE students and classrooms June ending – NAGRAT

The Eastern Region branch of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has joined calls for nationwide strike over failure on the part of...

Ghana’s education is in serious crisis and it is pathetic – GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says the country’s pre-tertiary education sector is in dire crisis and needs to be salvaged as soon...

NAGRAT, GMA back calls for 19% salary increment

JoyNews/AdomNews · NAGRAT support calls for salary incrementThe National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) have backed calls for...
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GES sets records straight on 10% salary for rent

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has defended its decision to deduct 10 per cent of salaries of teachers who reside in government bungalows as...

GES retrieves vehicles seized over judgment debt

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has retrieved three vehicles that were seized in the Eastern Region over GHC3.4m judgment debt.They include the official...

I have been receiving death threats – NLC boss cries [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I Have Been Receiving Death Threats - NLC Boss CriesThe Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission (NLC), Ofosu Asamoah, is alleging...

Do you wear your shoes before socks? – Deputy Employment Minister asks UTAG leaders

The Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wireko-Brobby, has asked the leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to exercise...

My ‘f*olish’ comment in response to Earl Ankrah’s supposed comment was inappropriate – Gyampo

Secretary of the University of Ghana chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG UTAG), Prof. Ransford Gyampo, has admitted that some comments...

UTAG leadership meets after NLC declared strike illegal

The leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) met on Monday to deliberate on the declaration of its strike as illegal by...
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Strike: NLC to meet government, TEWU, CRA on January 12

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has scheduled January 12 to meet with the government, the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) and the Certified...

Akufo-Addo promises more investment in education

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his willingness to investment more in the education sector.Addressing a gathering of teachers at the Quadrennial National Delegates’ Conference of...

You can’t curse a man from Agbozume – Carbonu fires

President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has reacted to curses invoked upon him by some teachers over the decision to...

Withdrawal of corporal punishment may embolden students to misbehave – CHASS

President of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Yakubu Abubakar, says the level of indiscipline in Senior High Schools had gotten...

NAGRAT sends important message to govt over Free SHS budget

President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has called on the government to make known the amount of money allotted...
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Prof Yaw Gyampo: UTAG negotiating in perpetuity with no end in sight

We were negotiating in perpetuity with no end in sight. We were talking about our poor conditions of service with authorities, and no one...

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...
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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...
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NLC sends important message to UTAG, Universities’ Senior Staff

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana, to...

NPP has delivered on manifesto promise to transform education sector – Education Minister

Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh says the Akufo-Addo government has delivered on its manifesto promise to transform Ghana’s education sector.In a statement to...

We’ve performed better than any govt including Nkrumah – Napo

Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has reiterated an earlier statement that by implementing the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, the Akufo-Addo...
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Full text: Mahama’s speech at outdooring of Naana Opoku-Agyemang

Members of the Council of Elders of our great party, The National Chairman, General Secretary and all members of the National Executive Committee The Campaign Manager...

Touching tribute by classmates as KNUST SHS student is buried

Students of the Kwame Nkruma University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School (SHS) have paid their last respects to their colleague, Leonard...

Full Speech: Seventh edition of NDC’s weekly press briefing

SPEECH DELIVERED BY COMRADE SAMMY GYAMFI, NATIONAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (NDC), AT THE 7TH EDITION OF THE NDC’S WEEKLY PRESS...
Kennedy Agyapong

Kennedy Agyapong names Ghana’s best minister

Tough-talking politician, Kennedy Agyapong, has named Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku- Prempeh as Ghana's best minister.According to the Assin Central Member of Parliament, NAPO,...
University of Ghana campus, Legon

Final year University of Ghana students to remain at home

Final year students of the University of Ghana will remain at home despite the easing of coronavirus restrictions.On Sunday, President Akufo-Addo gave the greenlight...
University of Ghana campus, Legon

Final year University of Ghana students to remain at home despite easing of restrictions

Final year students of the University of Ghana will remain at home despite the easing of coronavirus restrictions.On Sunday, President Akufo-Addo gave the greenlight...

Full text of Akufo-Addo’s 10th address to the nation on coronavirus crisis

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening.I have come again, for the tenth (10th) time, into your homes to speak to you about the Coronavirus pandemic, share...

Infographics: Akufo-Addo’s address on the easing of restrictions

President Akufo-Addo has announced the commencement of religious activities from June 5.This, the President said is the beginning of stage one of the process...
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Reopening schools amid coronavirus pandemic

Since March, schools across the country have been closed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Subsequently, the country has struggled to combat...

Covid-19: Christian leaders submit guidelines ahead of possible reopening of churches

Christian leaders have drawn up modalities to guide congregants against the possible spread of Covid-19 in the various houses of worship across the country...

READ: Mahama supports 20,000 households with food items

Former President John Mahama has donated food items to some 20,000 households in the lockdown areas.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Ghana’s case count now 636Coronavirus: Schools...
The forum was to collate feedback and inputs from key educational stakeholders and partners to help in crafting a very comprehensive CCP.

Common Core Programme curriculum to curb unemployment situation in Ghana- GNACOPS boss

The Executive Director of Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Mr Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah, has disclosed that the introduction of Common Core Program (CCP) as...
Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum

New Curriculum: Let’s break free from African mediocrity trap- Adutwum

Deputy Education Minister Dr Yaw Adutwum has challenged Ghanaians to be globally competitive rather than seek to be champions of mediocrity.Instead of touting our...