The Municipal Director of GES in Bawku, Azeriya Ayeriga, has indicated that his office has granted releases to over 100 basic school teachers. According to Ayeriga, the teachers sort to leave Bawku because of the current insecurity caused by the constant fight between factions in the municipality, graphic online.com reports. …
Read More »UG Halls fracas: Vandals ‘charge’ at Legon Police Station after arrest of colleague
Some residents of the Commonwealth Hall at the University of Ghana, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, amassed in front of the Legon Police Station after the authorities arrested a member from the hall for his involvement in the clash between residents Mensah Sarbah Hall Commonwealth Hall on Saturday, March 5, …
Read More »Bonkrom JHS students study under trees as school block collapses
Dozens of students at Bonkrom D/A Junior High School in Kwahu Afram Plains South District in the Eastern Region have been displaced after the collapse of a shed used as a classroom. The pavilion classroom was hit by a violent rainstorm on March 1, 2022, after school period leading to …
Read More »Video of school girl campaigning for E-levy during Independence march pops up
It does appear that government’s Electronic Transaction Levy message may gradually be getting to some sections of the public including some students who seem to be buying into it. From persistent media engagements to townhall meetings, the government has deployed all forms of communication tactics to have Ghanaians embrace what …
Read More »VIDEO: First elementary school in Ghana becomes death trap to students
Philip Quaque Boys’ Basic School in the Cape Coast metropolis in the Central region has now turned into a death trap for students. About 300 students make use of the school building which is on the verge of collapse. The school, also referred to as the first elementary school in …
Read More »UTAG returns to teach as impasse resolved
The grievances of the members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have been resolved and all will be returning to the lecture halls to continue teaching, a National Executive Committee (NEC) member has said. Dr Asare Asante-Annor, who is the National Secretary of UTAG, told Alfred Ocansey on TV3‘s News 360 on Friday, …
Read More »Free SHS to cover first year public TVET institution students this year – Akufo-Addo
Government will from this year, expand the free Senior High School (SHS) programme to cover public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institution first year students, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. President Akufo-Addo who emphasised investments in the educational sector as being a key priority of his …
Read More »PHOTOS: Six pupils escape death as dilapidated school building collapses
Six pupils from Assin Dawomako D/A Basic School in the Assin South District of the Central Region escaped death after a nine-unit abandoned dilapidated school building collapsed. Information gathered revealed that the pupils were hiding in the building during heavy rainfall when the building collapsed and nearly killed them. The …
Read More »Akufo-Addo speaks on UTAG strike
President Akufo-Addo has reiterated the government’s commitment to bring to an end the industrial action of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG). The President, who gave the assurance at the opening of the National Labour Conference at Kwahu Nkwatia in the Eastern Region yesterday, stated that more needs to …
Read More »Teachers cry over February salary delay
Some teacher unions, the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) are livid over the delay in the payment of their February 2022 salary. NAGRAT president Angel Carbonu confirmed to journalists at a press conference that they were yet to receive their February salary. …
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