The request by the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) for an extension of the deadline on the SSNIT biometric registration will not be granted, the deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng has stated. NAGRAT has been on a collision course with government following an announcement that teachers who defaulted in getting their biometric data captured … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has asked for a month extension to allow its members the opportunity to biometrically register with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). According to NAGRAT, there has never been an occasion where its members were told that the Controller and Accountant General was going to use … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), has jumped to the defense of the about eight hundred teachers who want to change their dates of birth, which would either get them to work longer with the Ghana Education Service (GES) or retire earlier. This follows a statement from the Ghana Education Service (GES) over the … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has jumped to the defense of the about eight hundred teachers who want to change their dates of birth, which would either get them to work longer with the Ghana Education Service (GES) or retire earlier. This follows a statement from the Ghana Education Service over the weekend … Read more
The President of the National Association of Graduate Teacher, Christian Addae-Poku has lauded President Akufo-Addo’s drive to fully implement the free Senior High School Policy in September this year and described it as long overdue. According to him, the initiative will give more underprivileged students who hitherto couldn’t afford the cost of Senior High School … Read more
The 10th Further and Higher Education and Research Conference has opened in Accra, Ghana. The three-day conference opened on Monday, November 14 and will end on Wednesday, November 16. The conference will build on the prior experiences and outcomes of previous Education International Higher Education and Research Conferences, as well as the successful first Further … Read more
The Education Ministry has withdrawn a controversial memo to Regional Directors of Education instructing them to post all newly trained teachers but not issue an appointment letter to them to begin work. Deputy Education Minister in charge of Tertiary education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who in the morning questioned the authenticity of the memo, made a … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers, (NAGRAT), has accused the government of not devoting ample time and resources to education in the country. According to the President of NAGRAT, Christian Addae-Poku, Government’s policy of building schools across the country is more for the approval of voters than it is for the benefit of the sector. … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers, (NAGRAT) has given government a one-month ultimatum to settle all arrears owed public Senior High Schools and teachers otherwise they will “advise themselves.” According to NAGRAT, the failure of the government to invest in education had resulted in the declining standards in the sector. “When government subventions to various … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), wants government to look beyond introducing social intervention programmes in the education sector, merely to score what it calls cheap political points. President of the Association, Christian Addae-Poku, argues that government after introducing such programmes, has not been able to provide adequate funding to run and sustain them. … Read more