Members of the Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) have threatened to picket at the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service tomorrow[ Wednesday] to demand their feeding grants and arrears owed them. The Association, in a statement signed by the President of the group said government has refused to pay feeding grants to … Read more
Some teacher trainees have scheduled Wednesday, December 28 as day on which to picket at the Black Star Square as they march to the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service. Their action will be in protest against the non-payment of their feeding grants. According to the teacher trainees, promises to pay the grants by … Read more
The Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG) has issued a threat to picket at the Ministry of Education on Wednesday 27th December, 2016, having exhausted all efforts to get government to pay feeding grants for students of colleges of education and salaries of newly trained teachers. The group expressed disappointment in the outgoing government for … Read more
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has been adjudged the most inspirational public institution for 2016 in the Imani Inspirational Public Sector Leadership Awards (IPSLA). The Electoral Commission, the Ministry of Health , the National health Insurance Authority and the National Commission for Civic Education won the second, third , fourth and fifth … Read more
By Rockson Adofo I can’t still get my head around this phenomenon of the majority of Ghanaians still quoting prices in old Ghana Cedis. It is almost ten years since the Ghana Old Cedis were redenominated into the current Ghana New Cedis. The old Cedis seemed to becoming worthless by a large quantity of it … Read more
I can’t still get my head around this phenomenon of the majority of Ghanaians still quoting prices in old Ghana Cedis. It is almost ten years since the Ghana Old Cedis were redenominated into the current Ghana New Cedis. The old Cedis seemed to becoming worthless by a large quantity of it buying a few … Read more
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and UNICEF have held an engagement with the media on reporting effectively on the District League Table (DLT) to generate the desired responses from stakeholders. The District League Table, initiated in 2014 with consecutive annual publications since, is a simple ranking tool of the level of development in … Read more
By Kobena A Eyiah Your Excellency, You may remember a letter I wrote to you in September 2013. In that letter, I praised your courage in going to court over the EC’s fraudulent electoral practices and advised that you hung your gloves, so you could dedicate the rest of your life to charitable courses, especially … Read more
Your Excellency, You may remember a letter I wrote to you in September 2013. In that letter, I praised your courage in going to court over the EC’s fraudulent electoral practices and advised that you hung your gloves, so you could dedicate the rest of your life to charitable courses, especially building schools in the … Read more
I read your very interesting piece weeks ago which u titled “Any idiot can borrow and build projects” and I was very much amazed. Many readers who are alien to your writings will feel worried about your diction but it didn’t come to me as a surprise at all. It is an indisputable fact that … Read more
IMANI Ghana has said the technical universities lack the capacity to deliver the kind of training that will make their students problem solvers. In its pre-election report, the policy think-tank said: “Unfortunately, these intentions, however desirable on paper, are not going to have impact even in the short or medium term because of a great … Read more
The Teacher Training Association of Ghana (TTAG) has given government a two day ultimatum to with immediate effect pay their feeding grants which has been in arrears or face their wrath. At a press conference today [Wednesday] TTAG expressed its displeasure at government for failing to pay their feeding grants to the various colleges of … Read more
As you take office in the forenoon of 7th January, 2016, I want to present to you the development and political participation challenges of Ghana’s Youth to add to your in-tray and the priority areas you must focus on. The youth of Ghana face increasing marginalization in national development and political participation. We have created … Read more
Some vice chancellors of universities are scheming to prevent students from partaking in the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections, Elvis Osei Amponsah, a former Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS), has alleged. According to him, examination in some universities have been scheduled for December 6, the eve of … Read more
The Rastafari Council of Ghana has resolved to sue the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Education Service and the Mfantsiman Girls’ Senior High School for denying their wards admission due to their dreadlocks. They claim this follows the refusal of authorities of some mission schools in the Central and Greater Accra regions to admit students … Read more
Mr Buti Manamela, a Deputy Minister at the South African Presidency, has commended the Ghana National Service Scheme (NSS) for implementing innovative projects that generate income for its operational activities. “I was impressed with the self-supporting programme of the Service in terms of the project they run in the agricultural sector, catering services, bottled water production … Read more
Rastafarians in Ghana have condemned what they say is a discrimination by the Ghana Education Service against their children who attend public schools across the country with dreadlocks. The group, who form the Rastafari Council of Ghana, claims Rastafarian children across the country are usually asked by school authorities to either shave their dreadlocks or … Read more
A guideline on education, which included articles on how to deal with bullying, was released earlier this week as China pushes to address violence among students. The guideline was jointly released by nine organs including the Ministry of Education, the Supreme People’s Court, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Central Committee of the Communist … Read more
The three-member Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Wa Polytechnic has finished its work and submitted its reports to government, recommending three persons for appointment. The IMC took appropriate steps using the process to recommend the three persons for appointment as Rector, Registrar and Finance Officer. Recommendation for the appointments of the three persons, was … Read more
Globally, millions of children are at risk of failing to reach an appropriate level of educational attainment as a result of learning difficulties. According to All Children Reading, of the more than 150 million children with disabilities under age 18 around the globe, 80% of them live in developing countries and less than 10% of … Read more