Court dismisses One Teacher One Laptop suit, fines Teacher Unions

The High Court in Accra (General Jurisdiction) has dismissed the suit filed by two teacher unions- the Innovative Teachers and All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG) against K. A Technology, Ministry of Education of Ghana two others for lack of capacity. This was upon an application by lawyers for K. A Technology to dismiss the action. […]

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Aggrieved teachers threaten to shut down union offices over ‘1 Teacher, 1 Laptop’ policy

A group of teachers who are angry over deductions from their continuous professional development allowances for the purchase of laptops to aid their work are threatening to shut down all union offices if their money is not refunded by end of December. The teachers who are currently marching to the various offices of the teacher […]

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Education Minister summoned before Parliament over ‘1 Teacher, 1 Laptop’ policy

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Adutwum has been summoned before Parliament over government’s ‘1 Teacher, 1 Laptop’ policy, which has triggered division and agitation amongst teacher unions. Deputy Ranking on the Education Committee, Dr Clement Apaak, who has filed a question for the minister to answer, alleges the selection process in the award of the contract […]

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Gov’t sued over one teacher one laptop initiative

Two teacher association group have filed a suit against the government of Ghana over a contract awarded for the supply of laptops to teachers from kindergarten to the senior high school level. The government of Ghana on September 3, 2021, launched the One Teacher One Laptop initiative aimed at bridging the gap between teachers in […]

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One Teacher One Laptop: Arrangement, Distribution and Payment

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has issued a press release dated 9th September 2021 to update teachers and the general public on the details of the One Teacher One Laptop initiative. Arrangement The GES has stated the the initiative was actually conceived by the teacher unions at the pre-tertiary level, namely Ghana National Association of […]

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One Teacher, One Laptop: How to register

The “One Teacher, One Laptop” project has officially been launched by the Ghana Education Service (GES), Ministry of Education in collaboration with the three teacher unions (GNAT, NAGRAT, CCT-GH). The Service has revealed that the laptops are to supplement traditional classroom teaching with digital teaching. Moreover, the laptops are locally assembled and as results are […]

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Fraud detected in ‘One Teacher One Laptop’ project

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has detected fraud in the one teacher one laptop project in the Ashanti Region. This according to management arose from Metropolitan Municipal and District Directors of Education submitting names of persons who do not qualify to benefit from the project. These persons include non-teaching staff, retired or separated staff. Some, according to the GES […]

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