NLC directs TUTAG to call off strike
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) to call off its strike. The Commission said the government would be working to migrate their qualified members to the single spine pay structure and pay them their allowances by January 29. TUTAG declared an indefinite strike on January 6, […]
TUTAG declares indefinite strike again over non-payment of allowances
The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has declared an indefinite strike effective January 6, 2020, in protest of the non-payment of allowances due to its members following the conversion of polytechnics to technical universities. According to the association, the government has “refused to fully comply” with the ruling by the National Labour Commission […]
Update On TUTAG Strike And Matters Arising On Examination
The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) to hold a crank emergency congress today Monday 6th January 2020 at the Accra Technical University. It is likely that TUTAG will declare a resumption of their suspended strike if by then the Association doesn’t get the assurance of paying their allowances. TUTAG described the non-payment of […]
Government absorbs WASSCE 2020 Registration Fees
Government through the Ghana Education Service has served notice to all public Senior High Schools and other second cycle institutions that it has absorbed registration fees for the 2020 WASSCE candidates ahead of next yeas examination. According tto a letter signed by Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, Director-General of Ghana Education service, parents are however expected to […]
Government procures 54,445 beds for Senior High Schools
The Ministry of Education announces through its Director of Communications the purchase of beds, mattresses and chairs to be distributed to schools across the country. In a statement issued November 22, Ekow Vincent Assafuah said the items are to aid the government’s social welfare programme, Free Senior High School education. He stated that Ejisuman SHS, […]
Accra Technical University Gets New Vice Chancellor
The Accra Technical University (ATU) Friday inducted Samuel Nii Odai, a professor of Water Resources Engineering, into office as its very first Vice-Chancellor. Prof Ralph Kingston Asabere, Chairman of the University’s Council, who took the former Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology through his oath of office, described him as: […]
WAEC withholds results of 753 Private WASSCE candidates
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates. The council said the entire results of 753 candidates alleged to have been involved in various forms of examination malpractice had been withheld, pending the conclusion of investigations […]
KNUST ranked Best University in West Africa
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been adjudged the best University in Ghana and West Africa, 14th best on the African Continent and 706th best University globally by the US News & World Report. The 86-year-old organisation based in Washington D.C. is known for ranking and evaluating universities based on their research […]
End Strike Immediately – NLC Orders TUTAG
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered striking members of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) to end their industrial action immediately. The NLC has also directed the government to pay all arrears and honour other obligations due TUTAG members to ensure effective academic operations at the country’s technical universities. This was contained […]
2018 Trained Teachers to be Posted by November – GES
The Ghana Education Service says it has commenced the process of posting teachers who completed Colleges of Education in 2018. Only trainees who have written and passed the Teacher Licensure Examination, and are completing their National Service are eligible. “Candidates who duly applied online will be shortlisted and postings effected by the end of November […]
