Education
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Global literacy rate: Akufo-Addo’s free SHS has taken Ghana to 65.5% – John Kumah
A recent Global literacy rating has confirmed that Ghana after implementing Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy has moved from 37% to 65.5%, the Deputy Minister for Finance, Hon. John Ampontuah…
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KNUST faces impending closure following UTAG strike
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology faces imminent closure following a strike action by the University Teachers Association of Ghana and the Senior Staff Association. Together with…
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UTAG, SSA-UOG kickoff strike action after govt failed to uphold conditions
Effective Monday, 2 August 2021, the University Teachers Association (UTAG) is expected to commence an intended industrial strike action. Members of UTAG have been asked to stay off teaching, examina…
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Universities senior staff to kickoff strike from Monday
The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana has declared a strike effective 2 August 2021 in connection with the failure by the government resolve issues concerning their conditions of serv…
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We agreed to 4% salary increment to avoid losing our jobs – TEWU
The General Secretary of Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU), Mark Dankyira Korankye, says organized labour acquiesced to the 4% increment on public sector salaries to among other things av…
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56 per cent of 2020 BECE candidates failed in Eastern Region
A total of 27,561 candidates representing fifty-six percent(56%) of candidates in Eastern region who wrote the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) failed. Statistical analysis of the …
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We are looking to increase education budget by 23% – Akufo-Addo speaks in London
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he intends to increase the 23 per cent of the government’s budget spent on education in Ghana. Although he said the 23 per cent in Ghana is the highest …
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Teachers to start receiving laptops from GES through a ‘one teacher, one laptop’ scheme
According to report sighted by GhanaTalksRadio, the Government of Ghana has promised laptops to be distributed to various teachers under the one-teacher-one-laptop policy. The Deputy Director-General…
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Hon. Oscar Ofori Larbi accuses Akufo-Addo of implementing ‘premature’ FREE SHS Scheme
Hon. Oscar Ofori Larbi, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aowin, said the implementation of the free Senior High School (SHS) program was actioned in a hurry. He revealed that the Rawlings administra…
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NTC will release 2021 Licensure Exams results on Thursday
The National Teaching Council (NTC) is set to release the results of May 2021 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE) on Thursday, July 29, 2021. A press statement issued by the National Teaching …