President Akufo-Addo has asked the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, the body mandated to accredit tertiary institutions to ensure the maintenance of the highest standard of integrity and quality in the schools. Speaking at a programme to present charters to the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Catholic universities, the President noted that this …
Read More »Concerned Teachers React To The Payment Of 15% CoLA By CAGD
President of the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, King Ali Awudu , has reacted to the payment of the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD). He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise show on 3FM, Tuesday August 30 that the current rate of inflation …
Read More »88 Ministry of Education Staff Enjoy ¢1.08m ‘Unearned Salaries’ After Separation – Auditor-General’s Report
The 2021 Auditor-General’s report has found that some 88 former staff of the Ministry of Education were paid a total of GH¢1,082,455.02 as “unearned salaries” after they “separated” with the ministry. “We noted that 88 staff who separated from their respective institutions were paid unearned salaries amounting to GH¢1,082,455.02”, …
Read More »Facts Findings Of The Alleged Corruption Allegations Against KNUST SRC President.
The work of the journalist is undercover and brings to light the hidden secrecy, some journalists flout these journalistic ethics because of interest in a particular story. It has been widely reported in various portals that the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) President of Students Representative Council …
Read More »NSMQ Poster Girl, Francisca Lamini Starts Harvard University Pre-med After Rejecting Cornell, Stanford And NYU
The 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) poster girl, Francisca Lamini, has started her pre-med programme at Harvard University in the US. The former student of Keta Senior High School (KETASCO) seems very excited about her prospects as she shared her feeling in a Facebook post. She formed …
Read More »JA Ghana Hosts National Business Pitch Competition
One of the world’s largest and most impactful youth-serving NGOs, Junior Achievement Ghana (JA Ghana) at a launch ceremony in Accra, announced that it will be hosting the 2022 National Business Pitch Competition on the 15th and 16th of September at the Academic City University College in Accra. The National …
Read More »CETAG Gives Gov’t Ultimatum Over Conditions Of Service
The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has given the government a nine day ultimatum to grant its members better conditions of service. The group said if the government fails to grant their members’ demands concerning their “full” conditions of service and compensate for all-year-round academic work …
Read More »Teacher Unions Want GES Officials Due For Retirement To Vacate Post
Four teacher unions, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT-Ghana) and Teachers & Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) have asked the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to ensure that all officers due for retirement vacate their offices. …
Read More »Education Minister: Greedy, Selfish Enemies In NPP Want My Fall
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has made a passionate appeal to the media not to do the bidden of faceless individuals seeking his downfall at the Ministry. These people, he said, who are also New Patriotic Party (NPP) members are only pursuing a smear campaign against …
Read More »Heavy Police Presence At KNUST After A Clash Between Students of Conti And Katanga
There is a heavy police presence at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) following a clash between students of the University Hall ‘Katanga’ and Unity Hall ‘Continental’. The disturbance on Thursday evening left three vehicles damaged. It is believed attempts of students of Unity Hall to …
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