Some low-performing basic schools in Ghana were selected for the introduction of the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP) to improve their performance levels. The program was introduced by the government to support the teachers and learners of these selected schools to improve their learning outcomes. On the verge of supporting these schools, GALOP … Read more
The Director-General of Ghana Education Service Prof Opoku Amankwa has refuted the claim that over 44,000 teachers left the classroom because of the poor condition of service in the Ghana Education Service. According to the Director-General of Ghana Education Service, Prof Opoku Amankwa only 293 teachers resign from the teaching Service in the 2021 academic … Read more
The management of the Ghana Education Service has officially outlined the guidelines as to how schools management will distribute the intervention allowance among various officers in the schools. The Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum last week made it clear during the GBC breakfast show that the intervention allowance has been released for the … Read more
Management of the Ghana Education Service has stated that the Ministerial Committee on School Calendar last issued a calendar on the current academic year indicating that Kindergarten to Junior High School was to be based on the Semester system. Following the directives to commence the Semester system, the Ministry has received representation from a section … Read more
The Management of Ghana Education Service (GES) said the has taken note of the concernsraised in the press release by the Unions in Education ( GNAT, NAGRAT, CCTGH, TEWU ) about the new Academic Calendar and contact hours for schools. Management stated that indeed, the Ministerial Committee on Schools Calendar engaged representatives of the Unions … Read more
The management of the Ghana Education Service has disclosed that the new semester system that has been newly introduced in the Academic calendar of basic schools comprising kindergarten, primary, and junior high schools is here to stay. The Deputy Director-General in charge of quality and access of the Ghana Education Service Dr. Kwabena Tandoh speaking … Read more
Basic school is the heart of every educational ladder for all young growing children. Despite being the heart of education which needs special treatment. The case of Ghana’s basic education is completely different. Studies have shown that over 5,000 basic schools in Ghana still learn under trees and shade. In this 21st century, where other … Read more
Management of Ghana Education Service has indicated that they have noticed that some teachers and their heads are charging illegal fees to final year students who are about to graduate in the pre-tertiary schools. According to GES, they have received a lot of complaints from parents about School authorities charging PTA dues and other charges … Read more
It is disappointing and unacceptable in the 21st century in a world-class country like Ghana for Teachers to still be using blackboard and chalk to deliver Teaching and learning to learners across the country meanwhile the main stakeholders of education are thinking of comparing the country to countries like Singapore, the UK to mention but … Read more
The president of the Ghana National Association of Teachers GNAT, Madam Philipa Larson has expressed disappointment about the absence of the president of the Republic of Ghana, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo in the Teachers day celebration that was organized yesterday 5th of October 2021. Speaking at the event yesterday, at Eusbet Hotel in … Read more