GES to repost teachers in language barriers communities – Dr. Adutwum

The minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has disclosed that newly qualified trained teachers that were posted to communities they find difficult to speak and understand the local language of the people have been worked on by the management of Ghana Education Service. According to the Education minister, some reposting has already been done … Read more

Teacher unions to strike over salary issues

The leadership of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has threatened strike action should government fail to restore the names of teachers that have been taken off from the payroll. According to the president of NAGRAT Mr. Angel Carbonu, the reason given by the management of the Ghana Education Service for deletion of such … Read more

Provide Schools with furniture and other materials needed – CHASS to Gov’t

The leadership of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior Secondary Schools has called on the government and other stakeholders in Education to provide Basic schools in the country with furniture and food to keep the schools running. The president of CHASS is appealing to the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to … Read more

Colleges of Education applicants to write entrance exam next year

All the 46 public colleges of Education are required to conduct an entrance Examination for interested Applicants who wish to train as teachers in Ghana. The National Teaching Council (NTC) disclosed this in a meeting organized in February 2022. The Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum in collaboration with the National Teaching Council (NTC) … Read more

Only 293 teachers left the teaching Service – GES

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

GES intervention for second cycle institutions to prepare students for WASSCE

It could be recalled last month that the Director-General of Ghana Education Service visited some schools in the Eastern Region and lamented for the fact that they couldn’t prepare recorded lessons for the core subjects in the second cycle as they use to do every year. In fulfillment of the Government of Ghana’s agenda of … Read more

Dr. Adutwum meets with MoE Management, Agency Heads, and Staff and outlined his plans.

The Minister for Education, Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has on his first working day met officially with Management of the Ministry. Welcoming the Minister, Mr. Benjamin K. Gyasi, the Chief Director for MoE stated that Management and Staff were prepared to work as a team under his guidance to move the Ministry forward. Dr. … Read more

8 reasons why Teacher unions Will have to resort to strike action by Friday 26th, 2021.

The main three teachers unions on media briefing made it know to its members and the general public that the Ghana Education service occupational pension scheme (GESOPS) has been in debt which the threatened controller and accountant general department to do the right thing by paying them their money else CAGD should have themselves to … Read more

Check the fate of Ghanaian basic schools as it stands now.

Ghana Education Service is an agency under the ministry of education responsible for the implementation of government policies and programs in the basic schools, senior high school and the technical schools in the country and also to ensure that children of school-going age irrespective of their political background, occupation of parents, religious domination but a … Read more

Observe February 17th As National Mathematics Day – GES Charges Directors Of Education

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed all regional and district directors of education to observe February 17 this year as National Mathematics Day in all first and second-cycle schools across the country.It reminded the directors of education that “the day is earmarked for only mathematics activities in our schools throughout the country”. A letter … Read more