Development Economist and Lecturer at the University for Development Studies(UDS), Michael Ayamga-Adongo has intimated that examination malpractice as witnessed in the 2021 WASSCE may be fueled by the Government’s performance contract with heads of senior high schools tasking them to improve upon the performance of students at examinations. He noted that the performance contracts based […]
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Mr Ebenezer Kojo Otoo, a 44-year-old teacher of the Winneba Senior High School (SHS) in the Efutu Municipality of the Central Region, was on Tuesday crowned the 2021 National Best Teacher. For his prize, Mr Otoo received a GHC250,000.00 cheque for a three-bedroom house sponsored by GLICO Pension. At the Ghana Teachers Prize 2021 Awards […]
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The National Executive Committee of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has indicated that its members will from Friday, October 8, lay down their tools. According to the Association, the decision was reached after the committee held its 20th Congress following discussions with the government on Monday, September 26, to discuss its wages and […]
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The National Labour Commission (NLC) has summoned three Pre-Tertiary Teacher Unions, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana (CCT-GH). The NLC in a response to a statement issued by the teacher unions on August 10, 2021, summoned the Unions and directed […]
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The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Steve Gyeremeh Atuahene, has disclosed that certain behaviours among young people are partly to blame for the rise in the number of HIV infections in 2020. Figures from the commission show that 12,000 people died from HIV related causes in 2020 while 5,000 young people contracted the virus. […]
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The Ghana AIDS Commission has discovered “new behaviours” among young people which the commission says are the cause of the high rise of HIV infections. Figures from the commission show that 12,000 people died from HIV related causes in 2020 while 5,000 young people contracted the virus. The data revealed that more women were infected […]
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The National Identification Authority (NIA) has denied reports on social media that Ghanaians who are yet to register for the Ghana card would be charged GH₵250. The NIA insists the ongoing continuous Registration is free. Head of Public Relations at the Authority, Abudu Abdul-Ganiyu explained that people requiring premium services for their registration would be […]
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Public sector workers should have had no pay rise this year, former GIMPA rector Prof Stephen Adei has said. He noted in an interview with Class91.3FM’s Kofi Oppong Asamoah on the Class Morning Show that no group of workers should have had any salary increase considering the fact that Ghana’s economy was disrupted by the […]
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A Police officer stationed at Nkanfoa in the Cape Coast Metropolis of the Central Region, Corporal Isaac Apomah, has allegedly freed a suspect in custody after having sex with her. According to Starr News sources, the suspect Theresah Forson had been in custody for days. The Police officer is said to have slept with her […]
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The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has expressed dissatisfaction with negotiations with government so far on members’ conditions of service. According to UTAG, the employer has shown bad faith since the negotiations began a month ago. The university lecturers suspended a strike action, triggered on Monday, August 2, 2021, to return to the negotiation table. “During […]
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