We can’t rely on WASSCE to admit students into Colleges of Education – NTC to GNAT

The management of the National Teaching Council has disclosed that Colleges of Education can’t rely anymore on the West Africa Senior schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) result to admit students into the Colleges of Education. Following the call by the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in their press statement on 8th February 2022 that the … Read more

Official updates on the 2022 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination.

The management of the National Teaching Council (NTC) has disclosed the official date for the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE) is scheduled to take place. According to the National Teaching Council (NTC), the first edition of the 2022 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE) is scheduled to take place in March 2022. An official update from … Read more

The 21 Mandatory CPD points building Courses for all In-Service Teachers.

The Registrar at the National Teaching Council (NTC) Dr. Addai Opoku said the licensing of teachers will be of no use without its points building and its renewal. Due to this teachers will be required to part take in any three of the under-listed courses by the management of the National Teaching Council to train … Read more

NTC Rank based training topics for all licensed in-service teachers in GES

The licensing of teachers started the last year 2021 by the management of the National Teaching Council (NTC) of which the majority of teachers in various regions have received their license. Starting from 2023 most teachers will have to renew their license based on the CPD points obtained from either professional courses or workshops or … Read more

How to become a certified NTC facilitator

In addition to the accredited CPD Service Providers, there shall be accredited and certified facilitators who shall register with an identified service provider or the National Teaching Council. The duties of these facilitators shall be mainly to lead discussions as well as the transfer of skills and knowledge during CPD programme. There shall be Category … Read more

License teachers who failed to attend CPD training will not be admitted into the teaching profession – NTC

The management of the National Teaching Council has disclosed that unemployed licensed teachers who failed to attend continuous professional development training while waiting for employment into the Ghana Education Service will not be admitted into the teaching Service. According to the National Teaching Council Teacher’s professional development framework, licensed teachers shall be required to submit … Read more

Teachers who accept postings to deprived areas to receive training worth 10 CPD points

The management of the National Teaching Council (NTC) has disclosed in the teacher’s professional development framework that any teacher that will accept postings to rural or deprived areas will be given free continuous professional development training worth 10 CPD points. The majority of teachers do not want to accept postings to rural or deprived areas … Read more

NTC steps on how teachers can submit their TCPD activities for CPD points.

Teachers are supposed to renew their licenses every three years. A teacher’s license can be renewed by accumulating continuous professional development points which are obtained from the teacher’s professional development activities ( that is workshops, seminars, conferences, and professional learning communities). Now after the teacher participates in all these activities, the majority are wondering how … Read more

Teacher unions kicked against NTC teacher entrance Examination policy

The leadership of the National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has expressed their disappointment on the part of the National Teaching Council (NTC) trying to implement policies in the pre-tertiary schools which is supposed to be the role of the Ghana Education Service. According to (GNAT) their attention has been drawn to a social media post … 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