Two teachers in Afram Plains in the Eastern Region of Ghana, have died as a result of their inability to receive medical care in that part of the country after they suffered snakebites. The Basic Education Coordinator for the Afram Plains North District, Taihdu Mohammed, while speaking in an interview …
Read More »Zimbabwe government implements ‘no work, no pay’ rule for striking teachers
The government of Zimbabwe has warned teachers to stop their “act of misconduct” or be prepared to face “appropriate measures” after large numbers of teachers embarked on a strike. In turn, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz), an advocacy group focusing on pro-poor education and labour justice for …
Read More »Good news for newly-trained teachers
The Ministry of Finance has given financial clearance for the recruitment of over 16,000 newly-trained teachers by the Ghana Education Service (GES). “Financial clearance is hereby granted to the Hon. Minister of Education to enable the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service to recruit sixteen thousand, eight hundred and fifty …
Read More »One Teacher one Laptop: Teacher only pays Gh¢549.44 – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says government has absorbed Gh¢1,282.30 representing 70 percent of the cost of the Teacher Mate 1(TM1) laptops being distributed to teachers under the One Teacher One Laptop initiative. Per the computation, the teacher only pays about Gh¢549.44. as 30 percent of the total cost of …
Read More »A Plus, Hammer clash over ‘one teacher, one laptop’ initiative
Award-winning sound engineer Hammer of the Last Two has clashed with social commentator Kwame Asare Obeng known popularly as A-Plusover the distribution of laptops to teachers across the country to aid teaching and learning. Vice president, Mahamudu Bawumia, on Friday launched the “One Teacher, One Laptop” initiative to facilitate lesson planning, teaching …
Read More »Burnt laptop is not that of yet-to-be distributed ‘teachers laptops’
Claim: A ‘teachers’ laptop” exploded after a teacher tried installing windows 10, according to a social media user. Verdict: The Ghana Education Service has not started distributing the “teachers laptops.” Full Text A social media user claims that one of the laptops given to teachers in Ghana caught fire after …
Read More »Aggrieved teachers lock up Navrongo GNAT office, kick against 4%, 7% salary increment
Members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region, have kicked against the 4% and 7% salary increment, by locking up its office at Navrongo indefinitely. The aggrieved teachers, who gathered from various schools in the area, in a peaceful protest …
Read More »17-year-old allegedly stabs teacher to death
A yet-to-be identified student of Government Technical College Bukuru, Plateau State, has murdered his teacher, Job Dashe. It was gathered that the deceased, a UNIJOS graduate and a physics tutor, was stabbed to death in the school premises. According to the deceased’s friend, Genshak Golak, who posted the news on …
Read More »Teachers and students missing after attack in Nigeria
A university for girls in northwestern Nigeria was targeted Thursday, June 17, in an attack that left one police officer dead, three teachers and an unknown number of students missing, police have said. It was the third attack targeting schoolchildren or students in less than three weeks in northwestern and …
Read More »Teachers threaten boycott after residents shit-bomb school
School Children at the Agona Swedru Methodist “B” School in the Agona West Municipality of the Central Region are currently having their classes under trees after some residents Shit bombed the school Tuesday Morning. Sources revealed that the action started when the school reopened and has affected both the …
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