Mawuli SHS Cries To Gov’t Over Water Shortage

The Management and the Parent-Teacher Association (P. T.A) of Mawuli Senior High School School at Ho in the Volta Region, are pleading with government to intervene in finding a lasting solution to the water challenges in the school. There is a severe water shortage in the school due to the indebtedness of the school to … Read more

C4C Homeopathic Hospital To Employ More Ghanaians

Unemployment in any society is a potential national security threat; and if not tackled effectively, it could be a potential risk, as it exposes the youth to the vagaries of social vices. The health sector in recent years has been bedeviled with the challenge of retention of potentially high quality manpower. It is even more … Read more

Teachers Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

The Coalition of newly trained teachers has threatened to lay down their tools, if the Nana Addo-led government does not pay them their accumulated salaries by the end of this month. The teachers, numbering over twenty thousand, say they have not been paid a dime since they were posted in September last year. Explaining their … Read more

Here’s the Latest Threat Over Unpaid Salaries

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

Teachers Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

The Coalition of newly trained teachers has threatened to lay down their tools, if the Nana Addo-led government does not pay them their accumulated salaries by the end of this month. The teachers, numbering over twenty thousand, say they have not been paid a dime since they were posted in September last year. Explaining their … Read more

Teachers Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

The Coalition of newly trained teachers has threatened to lay down their tools, if the Nana Addo-led government does not pay them their accumulated salaries by the end of  this month. The teachers, numbering over twenty thousand, say they have not been paid a dime since they were posted in September last year. Explaining their … Read more

Ghana Education Is Sick ; Who Carries The Blame?

Posterity will castigate us mercilessly especially the stakeholders in the education sector if we fail to address issues hampering teaching and learning in the country. Let me state unequivocally that , Ghana Education is sick ; and who we should we blame for causing this dreadful sickness? Well, i surmise it a high time we … Read more

Gov’t Permits Closure of Kumasi Schools

The Ministry of Education has given the Ghana Education Service (GES) permission to close all schools in Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, in line with the funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. The closure of schools forms part of measures put in place by the Manhyia Palace to ensure funeral … Read more

An Open Letter To The Director General Of Ghana Education Service

Dear Sir, I am very humbled to see the light of this day and to ink my thoughts in this letter to you. I hope this letter finds you in good health. For the past few days, I have been boiling within from reading a notice that hit our various whatsapp groups. The notice in … Read more

GES Denies Extension of Vacation For SHS As Gov’t Pays Part of Feeding Grants

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has denied rumours that it has extended the reopening date of Senior High Schools across the country. A statement purported to come from the GES and circulated on social media claimed Thursday that the reopening date of January 5, 2017 had been pushed to January 15. “We have not extended … Read more

GES Denies Extension of Vacation For SHS As Gov’t Pays Part of Feeding Grants

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has denied rumours that it has extended the reopening date of Senior High Schools across the country. A statement purported to come from the GES and circulated on social media claimed Thursday that the reopening date of January 5, 2017 had been pushed to January 15. “We have not extended … Read more

NPP Education Policy Must Focus On Dropouts, Too

One of the issues that convinced me that the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government stood to have achieved next to nothing by the end of its 4-year tenure, had to do with the regime’s excessive focus on physical plants or school buildings, as opposed to creating facilities and avenues for the teeming number of … Read more

Teacher Trainees Challenge Education Ministry Over GH¢50m Feeding Grant Payment

Teacher trainees across the country have challenged the Ministry of Education to show proof of releasing GH¢50,532,000 as payment for their feeding grants. A statement by the Ministry last Wednesday said the amount covers the second semester of the 2014/2015 academic year and the first semester of the 2015/2016 year. But in a rejoinder letter … Read more

Teacher Trainees Challenge Education Ministry Over GH¢50m Feeding Grant Payment

Teacher trainees across the country have challenged the Ministry of Education to show proof of releasing GH¢50,532,000 as payment for their feeding grants. A statement by the Ministry last Wednesday said the amount covers the second semester of the 2014/2015 academic year and the first semester of the 2015/2016 year. But in a rejoinder letter … Read more

Education Ministry Lying – TTAG

The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has said it has not received any amount to the tune of GHS50million for the payment of feeding grants as stated by the Ministry of Education about a week ago. Shortly after TTAG threatened to picket the Ministry on 28 December 2016 for the non-payment of the grant, … Read more

Feeding Grants For Trainee Teachers Not Paid

The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG), says it has not officially received the said GH¢50,532,000 for the payment of  feeding grants as stated by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry in a press statement earlier said it has released a total of GH¢50,532,000 for the payment of grants for Public Colleges of Education across … Read more

Feeding Grants For Teacher Trainees Paid – Gov’t

The Ministry of Education says it has released a total GH¢50,532,000 this year, for the payment of feeding grants for Colleges of Education throughout the country. The ministry’s announcement contradicts claims by some members of the Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG), that it has not received its feeding grants from government for the past three … Read more

Over GHS50 Million Released To Pay Feeding Grant of Teacher Trainees

An amount of 50,532,000 has been released for the payment of feeding grants of students of Colleges of Education throughout the country, the Ministry of Education has said. The amount, per a statement issued by the Ministry Wednesday and signed by the Head of Public Relations, Dan Osman Mwin, covers the year 2016. It, however, … Read more

Police Stop Trainee Teachers From Picketing At Education Ministry

The Police on Wednesday prevented some trainee teachers from picketing at the premises of the Ministry of Education. The trainee teachers were demanding their feeding grants and some arrears owed them by the government. The trainees had earlier indicated in a statement copied to citifmonline.com said they had exhausted all efforts to get the government to pay … Read more

Over GHC50 Million Released To Pay Feeding Grant of Teacher Trainees

An amount of 50,532,000 has been released for the payment of feeding grants of students of Colleges of Education throughout the country, the Ministry of Education has said. The amount, per a statement issued by the Ministry Wednesday and signed by the Head of Public Relations, Dan Osman Mwin, covers the year 2016. It however … Read more