At the beginning of this year, it was known to teachers in this country that Government will be giving out laptops to teachers to help facilitate their work and also to improve teaching and learning in the schools. In the delivery of the state of the Nation Address, 2021, the president of the Republic of … Read more
Most teachers have suffered for more than six to seven months after retirement before getting their retirement package from their teacher unions and this is a worrying thing. The time they are supposed to be enjoying what is due them from their union is the very time they still have to be applying for their … Read more
Just this year 2021 it came to the notice of teachers that laptops will given to facilitate their duties in the classroom. This initiative was from the government in collaboration with Gnat and the Ghana education services to provide teachers with laptops to fulfill the government digitization agenda. This proposal came out that Government was … Read more
Beginning of January every year there is always an increase in salary for all public sector workers but this year 2021 it was rather unfortunate due to the pandemic the government did not read the budget for 2021 and this negatively affected the increase in salary for all public sector workers which normally take effect … Read more
Members of the Ghana National Association of teachers have complained day in day out about continuous payment of funds with nothing good coming from their leaders. This February the executive of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has proposed an increase in each member’s cancer fund contribution from 2gh to 5gh. The executive of … Read more
Teachers at a basic level in Ghana have been confronted with many challenges both in the school and outside the school environment. This 2021 academic year alone teachers have witnessed a lot of setbacks, talking about teaching amidst the pandemic and not been classified as a frontline worker, the recent brutalizing of teachers with no … Read more
In years past teaching was very appreciative and an admiring job for many young ones growing up. Teachers were so much respected in society even though their salary at then was not that encouraging as basic economics will tell us we will not be able to satisfy all our needs with our scares resources but … Read more
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has condemned attacks on members and warned that it will withdraw its services in communities where they were physically assaulted by the people. The association expressed concern about the silence of society over the attacks and said “the uncouth and barbaric attacks of teachers need to stop else … Read more
The National Teaching Council (NTC) has announced the opening of 2021 nomination for the Ghana Teacher Prize to all eligible Ghanaian teachers in the pre-tertiary school in both private and public schools. According to the Council, the 2021 edition of the Ghana Teachers Prize will honour some outstanding teachers who have exhibited exemplary leadership and … Read more
The general secretary of the Ghana national association of teachers (GNAT) that some teachers who applied for the 2020/2021 promotion exams did not write the exams because they were not having index numbers. These issues trouble most of the affected teachers but the general secretary has good news for these teachers upon realizing this problem. … Read more