The Ghana Education Service (GES) in collaboration with the State Insurance Company (SIC) has presented over GHC 126,000.00 to seven beneficiaries of the SICLife policy introduced for teaching and non-teaching staff of the Service. Among the beneficiaries are Mr Kofi Nartey, who was attacked by robbers and Madam Yohebeth Anyadi, who is undergoing treatment for […]
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has approved some subjects for study leave without pay for the 2019/2020 academic year. In a press statement issued to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Ms Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head of Public Relations of the Service, the approved subjects applied to both teaching and non-teaching staff. The subjects […]
The Minister of Education, Hon Mathew Opoku Prempeh on Monday led a delegation to visit the family of the late teacher, George Somuah who was callously murdered by some social miscreants at Asiakwa in the Eastern Region. After commiserating with the bereaved family, the team interacted with the aggrieved teachers who have laid down their […]
Government is set to introduce new school uniform for pupils in all public Junior High Schools (JHS) across the country. The move forms part of the new reforms in the educational sector announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo during his State of the Nation’s address in February this year. This reform will among other things see […]
Teachers in some basic schools in the Ashanti Region have resorted to writing examination questions on chalkboards because authorities cannot afford to print materials. Children have to wait outside the classroom until the teacher is done writing all questions on the board before they resume their seats to write the paper. The old-age practice is […]
The Association of newly recruited teachers has again threatened to take further action if the Ghana Education Service (GES) fails to pay their salary arrears by the May deadline. According to them, though several promises have been made by GES, it has not fulfilled any of them. The association is also giving the GES until […]
The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GHNACOPS) has warned that over four hundred thousand (400,000) untrained teachers are set to be laid off by September 2019, following government’s insistence of continuing with the teacher licensure examination. The Council in a press release issued and copied to the media noted that the effect of the […]
By Selorm GBORBIDZI & John APPIAH Despite the introduction of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy by the government in 2017, parents are still coughing up money for extra classes for their wards. An investigation by The Finder has revealed that many senior high schools are conducting vacation classes for second year students on […]
The Headmaster of Nandom Senior High School, Rev. Joachim Naah who was recently accused of violating the rules of the Ghana Education Service (GES) and charging unapproved fees and subsequently sanctioned by the Service has broken his silence on the matter. He has given a detailed and vivid account of what actually transpired, culminating in […]
Assistant headmaster in charge of Administration of Kumasi High School, George Amponsah-Duodu has sued the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the headmaster of the school over allegations of his involvement in homosexual activities with a student. He is praying the court to quash the investigative report of the disciplinary committee that looked into allegations of […]
The Ghana Education Service has sanctioned 10 teachers for various offences including sexual misconduct, defilement and stealing. Out of the number, 6 of the teachers were dismissed for sexual misconduct, 3 of them for stealing and 1 for defilement. Those who were dismissed for stealing were already convicted by a court. A statement issued by […]
Teachers who have been posted to the Eastern Region under the double track system are said be stranded and have resorted to sleeping at lorry terminals and car parks as they have no money to rent or afford hotels. This is because they have been rejected by the regional directorate of the Ghana Education Service […]
