The government will this year pay all the outstanding allowances and salary arrears of teachers, including the 74, 885 staff of Ghana Education Service (GES). Additionally, the payment of promotion arrears of 12,097 teachers and the payment of salaries of 19,877 newly recruited teachers will all be cleared by the government. The Minister of Education, … 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
Ghana teachers strike numbers among the stories that are no longer regarded as news in the country. The Coalition of newly appointed teachers have issued out new threats to take industrial actions against the government if nothing is done quickly about their accumulated unpaid salaries. This decision was disclosed to Citi News by the coalition’s … Read more
As the John Mahama-led administration’s tenure ends on January 7, some teacher unions have expressed their disappointment about the outgoing administration’s handling of the various teacher related issues that came up within the period. The administration faced challenges in the education sector including strikes by a number of teacher unions in the country over unpaid salary arrears, issues pertaining … Read more
The Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) has dismissed its President, Mr Ernest Opoku, and the General Secretary, Mr Raymond Boakye Darkwa, for misappropriating GH¢413,988 belonging to the union. Consequently, the Vice-President of the coalition, Mr King Ali Awudu, and the Deputy General Secretary, Mr Ako Forson, have been asked to step in as President and … Read more
Folks, you may already have heard in the news what Maxwell Kofi Jumah said in condemning the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) for demanding that the NPP under Akufo-Addo should fulfill its electioneering campaign promise of restoring teacher-trainee allowances within 100 days in office. He was later reported to have apologized for his scathing verbal … Read more
Supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who are still not enthused about the comments of a Former Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Maxwell Kofi Jumah in response to concerns by Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) are literally shredding him on social media. Many are questioning the locus of Mr Jumah in the whole matter … Read more
Pursuant to comments by a Former Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, to the effect that a 100-day ultimatum issued by Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) for the restoration of teacher trainee allowance by the incoming government is ridiculous, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has officially responded. Acting General Secretary John Boadu who … Read more
As pressure mounts on the incoming Akufo-Addo-led government, a former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is disabusing the minds of Ghanaians who are expecting Akufo-Addo to fulfill the campaign promises within days. Kojo Owusu Afriyie popularly known as Sir John, concedes that although the high expectation of the new administration is understandable, … Read more
Dr Eric Oduro-Osae, Dean of Graduate Studies of the Institute of Local Government Studies, has expressed optimism that the incoming government will be able to deliver on the promises it made to Ghanaians ahead of the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections. According to him, after the government has been sworn into office on the … Read more
Former Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Maxwell Kofi Jumah has rendered an unqualified apology to the Coalition of Concerned Teacher (CCT) over his comments in response to an ultimatum to the president-elect for the restoration of teacher trainee allowances. The Former Deputy Local Government Minister and Rural Development described as ridiculous the call by the … Read more
Former Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, has described as ridiculous the call by the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) on president-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to restore teacher trainee allowances within its first 100 days in office. Speaking on ClassFM on Thursday, the president of the coalition, King Ali Awudu, said teachers … Read more
A former Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, has described as ridiculous calls by the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) on the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to restore teacher trainee allowances within its first 100 days in office. Speaking on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class91.3FM on Thursday 15 December, … Read more
Twelve labour unions have given government up to 21 November to transfer their Tier-2 pension funds to their custodian banks or they embark on a nationwide strike. The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSSAG), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Ghana Medical Association (GMA), and … Read more
Twelve labour unions have hinted they would embark on a nationwide strike starting Tuesday over the failure of government to pay their five percent Tier II pension deduction. National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) President, Christian Adai Poku told Joy News they are dissatisfied with government’s handling of the issue, which informs their the decision. … Read more