Teachers across the country are effected to write their licensure exams on Saturday, June 20. The National Teaching Council made this known in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Dennis Osei-Owusu. In the statement made available to DGN Online, the Council says the exams are for teachers who …
Read More »About 94,000 private school teachers lose jobs due to COVID-19 – GNACOPS
About 94,000 teachers from over 4,300 private schools in the country have not been paid due to the challenges imposed by the coronavirus outbreak. This is according to the Executive Director of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah. He said managers of the various schools …
Read More »18,475 Teaching Staff To Be Promoted After Passing Aptitude Test — GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the results of the teacher promotion interviews which were taken for some teaching staff in February this year. “We are pleased to inform staff of the Ghana Education Service that the results for the promotion test held on February 20 and 21. 2020, …
Read More »Teacher assaults 9-year-old pupil for criticising taste of her ‘sobolo’ drink
A teacher at Nkwanata South M/A Redeem Basic of the Oti region has canned a nine-year-old pupil to the point of injury for criticising the taste of her ‘sobolo’ drink. The pupil (name withheld) sustained multiples injuries on her body as she was severely beaten by her class teacher whose name given …
Read More »‘I prefer to die’ – Teacher without 13-year salary payment cries
If it is about the question of how life is after retirement, then the expected answers from majority of workers who have retired from the public sector will not be pleasant. It stems from delayed payment of benefits to part payment of benefits or even none of the above. But …
Read More »SHS teacher caught begging student for S.3.X
An Instagram user identified as Noble Queen has shared a story about how a female SHS three student of Apata Memorial School, Lagos was allegedly being pestered by her Mathematics teacher for s.3.x in exchange for marks. The teacher identified as Mr. Raymond is the HOD of Mathematics of the school that …
Read More »Two suspects arraigned for burning teacher to death
Police in Mutitu, Kitui East, are investigating the circumstances under which a teacher was burnt to death following protests at a school. Mr Wambua Mwangangi and Mr Chris Kyalo Muli were arraigned on Thursday over the killing of Ms Daisy Mbaluka Mbathe, who taught at Ndooni Primary School. It was …
Read More »SHS teacher allegedly slaps student for waving at Agona East MP
A teacher at the Agona Namanwura Senior High School in the Central Region has allegedly slapped a student for waving at the Member of Parliament for Agona East, Maame Pokuah Sawyer. The MP who was on tour of the school to wish the students the best of luck in their …
Read More »Teacher shot dead at Walewale in robbery attack
A 30-year-old teacher with the Ghana Education Service (GES) has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North-East region. According to Joy News’ Eliasu Tanko, Gifty Atingawaya was returning from Nalerigu in the company of her husband and two others when …
Read More »Angry Parents Assaults Headmaster In Kokofu
Headmaster of Kokofu Junior High School , Mr. Marfo Boakye,has allegedly being lashed and assaulted by parents for beating their ward mercilessly in the school. The Headmaster was assaulted and brutalized by parents of form one pupil at around 10:30am, in the presence of his colleague teachers. Numbering four, made …
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