The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has decried the limited number of teachers in schools, especially those in Senior High Schools (SHS). The Association has disclosed that the limited number of teachers in the technical spaces and subject areas is affecting the teacher-student ratio, hence effectiveness and efficiency in teaching and learning. “We have a shortage of teachers in …
Controversial singer, Afeez Fashola also known as Nairamarley has cried out that his teachers lied to him while he was in school. Speaking via his official Twitter handle, he went on to share some witty words which are popular with school but means something else in life. He wrote: “When I was in school they lied to me. I was …
Teachers begin nationwide strike today over unpaid salaries The strike is being led by the Ghana National Association of Teachers, the National Association of Graduate Teachers and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers. The three teacher unions have accused the Ghana Education Service (GES) of failing to process their salary arrears from 2012 to 2015. The striking teachers said they would …
Basic School teachers in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region have rejected the GHc50.00 offered them by the Bolgatanga Municipal Education Directorate after a five-day training workshop on the introduction of the New Curriculum for Basic schools. According to the teachers, the decision by the Education Directorate to pay them only GHc50.00 instead of GHc100.00 is an attempt …
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is unhappy with the Ghana Education Service’s (GES) directive to third-year students in Senior High Schools to return to school earlier than the planned reopening date for extra classes. The students, the first batch of government’s Free SHS program who were supposed to resume in September are now to return on August 19, …
The Eastern Regional Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mrs Monica Ankrah said, 1,122 new teachers recruited under the double track system are yet to receive their salaries. She said about 74 out of the total of 1,634 teachers who were appointed in the region last year November, received some of their salaries in May last month. Speaking in …
Two teachers have been killed in Burkina Faso after being kidnapped, the Ministry of Education has confirmed. They were kidnapped on 11 March and buried on Tuesday. The goal of the kidnappers was to scare the teachers into abandoning their posts in the region, according to a government source. Both teachers were working in the town of Djibo, where …
The Ghana National Association of Retired Educationist (GNARED) has appealed to government to recruit more teachers to help reduce the high teacher-pupil ratio in basic schools. Admissions into teacher training colleges should also be on merit to help train committed, dedicated and hardworking teachers with the requisite professional skills to improve education delivery in the country. A communique signed by …
The Ghana National Association of Retired Educationist (GNARED) has appealed to government to recruit more teachers to help reduce the high teacher-pupil ratio in basic schools. Admissions into teacher training colleges should also be on merit to help train committed, dedicated and hardworking teachers with the requisite professional skills to improve education delivery in the country. A communique signed by …
