Huni Valley Senior High School (SHS), one of the most outstanding Schools in the Prestea Huni Valley District of the Western Region, would before long get a 350-bed limit young ladies’ dorm block. The over GHc6.5 million two-story office which is around 85% complete is being developed for …
Read More »Exams Paper Cancelled Over Suspected Leak At The Ghana School Of Law
The Independent Examinations Body, the body that oversees examinations at the Ghana School of Law has cancelled the Civil Procedure paper. The paper which is supposed to be written today has been deferred because of an alleged leaking. According to a report by Citi FM, a copy of …
Read More »Government agrees on 15% COLA with organised labour effective July 1
After a back and forth between striking labor unions and government the two parties have now agreed on a 15% Cost of Living Allowance to be paid to all public sector workers. It takes retrospective effect from July 1, 2022. Earlier JoyNews‘ sources said the cause of …
Read More »Angry teachers walk out of meeting on their COLA, accuse govt of betraying their trust
The leadership of the striking teacher unions on Tuesday, July 12 walked out of the meeting with government officials that was to discuss the issues that resulted in the strike, TV3’s Daniel Opoku who has been observing developments with the teacher unions reported. Presidents of the National Association …
Read More »Government pleads with teachers to resume classes
Thomas Musah — GNAT Thomas Musah — GNAT The government has appealed to the various teacher unions to call off their current industrial action. The teacher unions declared a national strike this week over demands for improved remuneration amidst the economic circumstances. At an emergency meeting in Accra yesterday, the …
Read More »COLA Strike: Pupils climb trees, play games in the absence of teachers [watch video]
The teacher unions’ strike action at the pre-tertiary level is biting hard. Pupils at Accra Central Aayalolo Cluster of Schools enjoy unsupervised playtime. They arrive in class, drop their bags, and sprint down the school field to play. Sweat dripped down their faces as they paced up and …
Read More »SHSs face food shortages
Some school heads and parents are making frantic efforts to get the authorities and members of the public to assist with food items to help feed students in public second-cycle schools. This is because of the inadequate supply of food items to the schools Checks by the Daily Graphic …
Read More »ATP Limited prints 50% of science course textbooks for basic schools
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has stacked heaps of commendation on Ghanaian printing organization, Appointed Time Printing (ATP) Limited, an auxiliary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), following its development of the main cluster of science course readings for essential schools the nation over. …
Read More »COLA Strike: Government’s meeting with striking teacher unions ends inconclusively
A crunch meeting between the leadership of the four striking teacher labour unions and the government to resolve the impasse ended in a stalemate. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Finance, the CEO of Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, Benjamin Arthur, Director-General of Ghana …
Read More »See the salary of Headmasters & mistresses of Presec, Prempeh, Gey Hey Achimota, others
The demand for Cost of Living Allowance COLA by the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Graduate Teachers Association (NAGRAT) and other allied groups has led to some disclosures regarding the actual salary of some heads of schools. NAGRAT, GNAT and co have asked the government to …
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