Essential documents at the centre of investigations into the alleged financial malfeasance and procurement irregularities against the Vice Chancellor of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) Prof. Mawutor Avoke and five others, have allegedly been stolen. According to the new Governing Council of the University, the documents were allegedly removed from files at some offices … Read more
President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured that his government will partner and support public universities in the country with the aim of raising and improving their standards, so they can compete with the best on the continent. According to President Akufo-Addo, “Ghanaian Universities should be ranked amongst the top … Read more
Vice Chancellors Ghana has charged the new Council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to ratify all decisions taken by the previous Council. It maintained in a statement that the previous Council was backed by the then President in all decisions taken after its tenure expired in November, 2013. A Winneba High Court on … Read more
The Minority in Parliament is demanding an immediate intervention by government in the current impasse that has rocked the University of Education, Winneba. They want the Minister of Education Matthew Opoku Prempeh to mediate in the crisis which affected the smooth running of the school. A Winneba High Court on Friday ordered the Vice Chancellor … Read more
Lecturers of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have withdrawn all their services moments after a Winneba High Court ordered the Vice Chancellor and the Chief Finance Officer to hand over to the Pro-Vice Chancellor. The UEW branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says per the court order on Friday, they cannot … Read more
The Winneba High Court, presided over by His Lordship Justice George Atto-Mills, today [Monday], dismissed a motion for interlocutory injunction on the Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba. On June 16 this year, counsel for the University and the Ministry of Education, Peter Zwennes, prayed the court to dismiss the suit, because in their … Read more
A new governing council is to be constituted at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) within a week, the Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education has stated. “To me, the most important aspect of all this is the need for various councils or governing councils of the university, which have for the past … Read more
The Winneba High Court has fixed 10 July, 2017 to rule on a motion for interlocutory injunction on the Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba. Defense Counsel for the school Peter Zwennes is praying the court to dismiss the application filed by Supi Kofi Kwayera of Winneba against Governing Council of the University … Read more
A Winneba High Court judge, Justice George Atto Mills-Graves, presiding over the case between Supi Kofi Kwayera and the University of Education, Winneba, has expressed his deep displeasure over how proceedings at the court on Tuesday June 13 was reported in the media. He emphatically stated that he did not order the University of Education, … Read more
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said, it’s members will not return to work until the law suit challenging the legality of the University Governing Council’s is over. The Local President of UTAG at University of Education Winneba Samuel Ofori Bekoe, reiterated that it wasn’t University management that close the school but members … Read more
The future of some 46,000 students including those doing distance learning is in limbo as all campuses of the University of Education shuts down due to a suit filed against the school at the Winneba High Court. A statement from the university signed by the Registrar, Dr. C. Y Mensah indicated that “In line with … Read more
The University has directed its satellite campuses to close down until the hearing of the case Students of the University of Education have started packing out of their respective campuses following a Winneba High Court ruling closing down the institution. Reports received by mynewsgh.com revealed that students resident on various campuses have started vacating their … Read more
The University of Education has been shut down following an injunction from a Winneba High court. The injunction affects all four satellite campuses of the university in Kumasi, Mampong, Winneba and Ajumako. The court at a hearing Tuesday, granted an injunction request by a former Assemblyman Kofi Kwayera who has argued against the legality of … Read more
Former Donkoryiem Assemblyman, Supi Kofi Kwayera has sued the University of Education, Winneba over the continuous stay of the school’s Council. The Council’s mandatory four year term expired in 2013, but the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government directed it to act until a substantive one is appointed. The then Education Minister, Professor Naana Opoku … Read more