Deputy Finance Minister Abena Osei-Asare has condemned members of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) for declaring a strike over salary arrears which government has already committed to pay by Friday. The graduate teachers declared an indefinite strike Wednesday April 4 to demand the payment of their outstanding salaries among other arrears. At a … Read more
President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu has directed teachers at the pre-tertiary level to also stay away from work while NAGRAT members at the senior high school have been asked not to resume work when school reopens on April 16. Thus, the Association National has declared an indefinite strike until … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has warned it will from March 30 not tolerate further excuses by the government in the payment of arrears in salaries and allowances of its members across the country. The teachers say government owes teachers to the tune of over 50 million cedis in vehicle maintenance allowances, transfer … Read more
Government is set to engage the 12 labour unions whose members – as announced by their leadership – have threatened to lay down their tools after Friday, September 29. This was made known by Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekondi Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer. Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Saturday, the New Patriotic Party … Read more
Tutors at second cycle institutions say the success of otherwise of government’s Free Senior High School education hinges squarely on how much money is made available. Vice-President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Gabriel Kabornu said, they are ready to support the policy once there is an assurance that funding will not … Read more
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, might soon face Parliament’s Education Committee following the refusal of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), to organize a special exams for some 200 students at Bunkpurugu in the Northern Region who could not write two papers in the just ended exams. The over two hundred students were … Read more
The head pastor of Effiduase Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church and Assistant Headmaster Administration of Okomfo Anokye Senior High School in the Ashanti Region was on Saturday afternoon shot dead by armed robbers. The 53-year-old Pastor James Agyei who is also is also a national executive of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) was … Read more
At the President’s Independence Day Awards Ceremony held at the Banquet Hall of the State House, for high achievers in the 2016 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), President Akufu-Addo is reported to have stated: “…Teaching will no longer be a stop-gap measure or a job of last resort but a viable choice to enter a … Read more
Former Member of Parliament for North Dayi Constituency in the Volta Region George Loh has chastised the Finance Minister’s apology over the wrongfully deletion of names of public sector workers from the government payroll. George Loh says “they could not generate revenue to pay the salaries so they did that to respite but it is … Read more
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says even though it accepts an apology from the Finance Minister, the ministry must quickly pay salaries of members whose names were mistakenly deleted from the payroll. Deputy General Secretary of the GMA, Dr. Justice Yankson said they are waiting for the monies to hit the account of those affected … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has commended Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta for rendering an unqualified apology all public sector workers whose names were mistakenly removed from government’s payroll. Vice President of NAGRAT, Angel Kabonu said the Finance Minister has earned his respect by accepting his mistake. The Finance Minister at the National Policy … Read more
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it will not be moved by the demands of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) in the Central Region to pay arrears owed some teachers who have been promoted. This, the GES explains, is because there has been a prior agreement with all teacher unions to scrap such … Read more
The Central Regional branch of the National Association of Graduate Teachers, NAGRAT, has expressed outrage over government’s decision not to pay two years arrears due members who have been promoted. Over 11,000 teachers have been served promotion letters, but government has decided not to pay them their arrears dating back to September 1, 2015. Speaking … Read more
Checks by Citi Business News have revealed that most of the 26,000 public sector workers who were to miss their April salaries over failure to complete their SSNIT biometric registration have missed the new deadline. The Ministry of Finance gave May 3 as the new deadline for the registration after negotiations with some of the … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is raising red flags about the authenticity of the over 26,589 ghost names government said have been removed on the payroll. NAGRAT President, Christian Adai Poku told Evans Mensah on Joy FM’s Newsnite Wednesday, a total of 13,800 members of the Association have been captured in the supposed … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is optimistic of meeting the deadline for the SSNIT biometric registration for some of its affected members expected to end today 3rd May, 2017. The teachers form part of the over 26,000 workers who were likely to miss their April salaries over failure to complete their SSNIT biometric … Read more
Christian Addai-Poku, President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), has revealed that the Association is hopeful that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will fulfil all the promises he made to teachers during the electioneering period According to him, the president has made several public pronouncements to the effect that he has the welfare … Read more
Some public sector workers who were likely to lose their April salaries over non-compliance with a directive to enroll on the SSNIT Biometric System, say they will comply with the extended period granted by the Finance Ministry. The workers estimated at about 26,000 have since the announcement engaged their employers over the matter. The National … Read more
Labour Analyst, Austin Gammey has advised the over 26,000 workers likely to miss their April salaries to negotiate for an extension of the implementation date of the policy. The workers’ plight follows a directive from the Finance Ministry to the Controller and Accountant General to halt the payment of salaries as the workers failed to … Read more
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