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
Graduate Teachers say they will take action against the government if it goes ahead to withhold the salaries of over 26,000 members yet to register on a biometric platform. President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Christian Addai-Poku says there was no communication about the deadline for the biometric registration. Thousands of graduate … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), is threatening to demonstrate if government goes ahead to withhold the salaries of workers without SSNIT biometric registration. According to NAGRAT, the directive is too sudden and will be unfair to the affected teachers. The Ministry of Finance has instructed the Controller and Accountant General’s Department, not to … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), is threatening to demonstrate if government goes ahead to withhold the salaries of workers without SSNIT biometric registration. According to NAGRAT, the directive is too sudden and will be unfair to the affected teachers. The Ministry of Finance has instructed the Controller and Accountant General’s Department, not to … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has implored the Ghana Education Service (GES) not to halt investigations into applications by teachers who want to change their dates of birth. Responding to a recent media report, Christian Addai-Poku, National President of NAGRAT, said in as much as the Association empathizes with the GES, temporarily suspending … 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
As the public debate on the number of ministers appointed in the Akufo-Addo government rages on, the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), says the number of people appointed will not matter if government is able to fulfill its mandate. Speaking to Citi News, Vice President of NAGRAT, Angel Karbonu, said all they expect is … Read more
As the public debate on the number of ministers appointed in the Akufo-Addo government rages on, the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), says the number of people appointed will not matter if government is able to fulfill its mandate. Speaking to Citi News, Vice President of NAGRAT, Angel Karbonu, said all they expect is for … Read more
Police in the Brong Ahafo Region are searching for members of an unidentified group who have issued threats of attacks on residents of Banda Ahenkro. Wenchi District Police Commander, ASP Asamaoh-Agyekum, told Joy News Friday residents are living in fear because of the group’s threats. He explained the arrest of the members of the group … Read more
A former Minister of Education, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, has said that efforts must be concentrated on improving the current educational system rather considering proposals to reintroduce the former ‘O’ and ‘A’ level system. According to her, the previous education system also had challenges for which reason it was changed. She called for caution … Read more
A former Minister of Education, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, has said that efforts must be concentrated on improving the current educational system rather considering proposals to reintroduce the former ‘O’ and ‘A’ level system. According to her, the previous education system also had challenges for which reason it was changed. She called for caution … Read more
Two teacher unions – the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), and the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), are strongly opposing the Ghana Charismatic Bishops Conference’s proposal for the country to return to the ‘O’ and ‘A’ level system of education. According to the unions, the proposal lacks merit and is not backed by … Read more
Two teacher unions – the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), and the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), are strongly opposing the Ghana Charismatic Bishops Conference’s proposal for the country to return to the r ‘O’ and ‘A’ level system of education. According to the unions, the proposal lacks merit and is not backed … Read more
Comments by the Minister of Education that head teachers of basic and second cycle schools would be sacked should more than 90 percent of their students fail the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) and West African Senior Secondary School Examination (WASSCE), smacks of lack of leadership skills in him, Christian Addai-Opoku, National President of the … Read more
Teacher unions have protested against threat by the Education Minister; Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh that basic and second cycle school heads who record 90 percent failure in their schools final exams will be sacked. The unions accused the minister of failing to identify problems that confronts the educational sector before making that pronouncement. The Education … Read more
Teacher unions have protested against threat by the Education Minister; Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh that basic and second cycle school heads who record 90 percent failure in their schools final exams will be sacked. The unions accused the minister of failing to identify problems that confronts the educational sector before making that pronouncement. The Education … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is praying for the successful implementation of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy by government. According to President of NAGRAT, Christian Addai-Poku, a literate society is a panacea to national development thus it would support the Akufo-Addo government if it decides to dedicate half of the nation’s … Read more
The National Association of Graduate Teachers, (NAGRAT) has charged the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to commit to its educational promises made by including them in its first quarter budget for 2017. Speaking to Citi News, Vice President of NAGRAT, Angel Kabonu cautioned that the NPP will have a price to pay in the next … Read more
It has taken President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo a decade of struggle to finally seal his place in the history of this country as the Fourth Head of State, since the proclamation of the Fourth Republic. When he is formally inaugurated on Saturday, January 7, he will become the seventh Constitutional Head of State of … Read more