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WAEC result upgrade – The Crime Lazy Students Pay For

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WAEC result upgrade – The Crime Lazy Students Pay For

Wisdom Hammond May 3, 2021

Students who make poor grades at the WASSCE never stop to amaze as they find quick ways to get a WAEC result upgrade. WASSCE candidates who do not prepare…

Pay teachers legacy arrears whether Ghana is broke or not

Pay teachers legacy arrears now is the call from over 5000 teachers who are owed salary arrears. Teachers whose legacy arrears remain unpaid have been angered by the reluctance of the GES and government to pay outstanding salaries owed teachers from 2012 to 2016. Over 5000 teachers whose arrears remain unpaid have angrily asked the GES, Ministry of Education and the Controller and Accountant General Department to make good the debt owed teachers. The salaries locked up are earnings of teachers for work done and government must not only speak of its intentions to pay but must be seen acting in that regard. In a petition signed by the leadership of the aggrieved teachers, and copied to Ghanaeducation.org, indicated that the three months pay audit practice at the time the arrears accumulated was aimed at auditing all claims put forth by the Inter-personal and Database (IPPD) coordinators. This process according to the aggrieved teachers was to authenticate the claims made. The process per the statement aimed at dealing with payroll corruption where IPPDs submitted ghost names for salaries. It, therefore, took a long time to get the salaries paid, leading to the government delaying in paying the first three months of salaries leading to several months of arrears Teachers whose salaries have remained in arrears and part of the petitioners are disappointed in the government because they were promised the outstanding teachers legacy areas would be paid in January 2021 but nothing happened to date. Read: Teacher impregnates three girls in same class at KEEA District The government has promised to pay arrears for a little over 2500 affected teachers in October and November 2021. Teachers are only hoping this new promise will not be a carbon copy of what has been happening all this while. The petition said the government’s promise to pay the rest of the affected teachers in January 2021 did not materialize. READ: Teacher Kwadwo Summoned by GES Over Professional Misconduct Nana Opoku Foster said the executives of the Association had a meeting with the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) and other government appointees, where they were told the 2,550 affected teachers would be paid at the end of October and November 2021. Labour unions, TUC teamed up against the Coalition Public Workers :Pay teachers legacy arrears

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Pay teachers legacy arrears whether Ghana is broke or not

Ghana Education News May 2, 2021

There seems to be total silence over the outstanding legacy arrears owed to teachers. If it is an attempt for teachers to forget, it will not…

78% of teachers scared to speak about Free SHS – Poll vindicates Prof Gyampo

why we can’t touch Free SHS Free SHS will not be cancelled – President Akufo-Addo Let free SHS benefit only poor Free SHS cost Ghana GH¢7.62bn teachers scared to speak about Free SHS

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78% of teachers scared to speak about Free SHS – Poll vindicates Prof Gyampo

Ghana Education News April 30, 2021

Prof Gyampo’s bold statement that teachers employed by the Ghana Education Service are scared to speak against the challenges bedeviling the Free SHS was not a good guess, but the reality on the…

Improper curriculum introduction at the JHS is a big flaw -Hon Jerry Akporhor

Jerry Akporhor Ghana's education intervention programmes

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Improper curriculum introduction at the JHS is a big flaw -Hon Jerry Akporhor

Ghana Education News April 28, 2021

The new Common Core Programme curriculum introduced at the JHS is expected to help learners acquire core competencies and standards. Currently, the implementation of the…

Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, our Education Minister is an over-hyped inconsistent talkative [Opinion]

CoE trainees to now graduate with Bachelor’s degree – MoE MoE explains why a banker was appointed new GES Director SHS Diploma that can't secure jobs; Social Media Users Mock MoE over New Education Policy. Check what they are saying about this STEM school headmasters recruitment Education Minister is an over-hyped

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Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, our Education Minister is an over-hyped inconsistent talkative [Opinion]

Ghana Education News April 27, 2021

Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, our Education Minister is an over-hyped inconsistent talkative; teachers should lower their expectations to avoid heartbreak. Our “Darling boy” with a…

Politics, lack of planning et al, hindrance to effective implementation of Ghana’s education intervention programmes

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Politics, lack of planning et al, hindrance to effective implementation of Ghana’s education intervention programmes

Ghana Education News April 25, 2021

Ghana seems to be a perfect example of countries with good education policies and programmes yet when it comes to their implementation, it turns out to be a bad…

Use technology to deliver the new JHS CCP curriculum training – MoE, GES advised

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Use technology to deliver the new JHS CCP curriculum training – MoE, GES advised

Ghana Education News April 24, 2021

Since the introduction of the new JHS CCP curriculum training , efforts by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to roll out teacher training programmes have failed.…

The types of wisdom you have or lack and what it does to you

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The types of wisdom you have or lack and what it does to you

Ghana Education News April 20, 2021

Being a wise person does not mean behaving and living like Ananse; knowing the types of wisdom you have or lack helps you know the…

Schools without textbooks, JHS teachers without CPP curriculum training – Are we serious?

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Schools without textbooks, JHS teachers without CPP curriculum training – Are we serious?

Ghana Education News April 20, 2021

Today at the basic school level, Textbooks for learners and teachers and JHS teachers CPP curriculum training are nonexistent and could be akin to how…

How to Become a Critical Thinker in Four (4) Steps

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How to Become a Critical Thinker in Four (4) Steps

Ghana Education News April 16, 2021

Thinking critically is the essence of thinking. If we must reason, we should do so based on logic with palpable facts. Though most people just…

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WAEC result upgrade – The Crime Lazy Students Pay For

Pay teachers legacy arrears whether Ghana is broke or not

78% of teachers scared to speak about Free SHS – Poll vindicates Prof Gyampo

Improper curriculum introduction at the JHS is a big flaw -Hon Jerry Akporhor

Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, our Education Minister is an over-hyped inconsistent talkative [Opinion]

Politics, lack of planning et al, hindrance to effective implementation of Ghana’s education intervention programmes

Use technology to deliver the new JHS CCP curriculum training – MoE, GES advised

The types of wisdom you have or lack and what it does to you

Schools without textbooks, JHS teachers without CPP curriculum training – Are we serious?

How to Become a Critical Thinker in Four (4) Steps

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