Payment of 20% allowance on gross salary should be paid by September ending – Teacher Unions to Education Minister. The Ghana National Association of Teachers, GNAT, National Association of Graduate Teachers, NAGRAT, and Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana, CCT-GH through a press statement have warned the Minister of Education Hon. Osei Adutwum to make sure… Read More »
A civil society organisation, Child’s Rights International (CRI), has dragged three teacher unions to the Supreme Court (SC) over strike action. CRI is making a case that the strike by the three unions is unconstitutional and a violation of the rights of students to education as enshrined in Articles 25 and 28 of the 1992… Read More »
Three teacher unions, GNAT, NAGRAT and CCT-GH through a press statement have issued 11 disturbing outstanding issues to the National Labour Commission for a second look at. The National Labour Commission (NLC) directed the three teacher unions, GNAT, NAGRAT and CCT-GH to sit down with the management of Ghana Education Service to address the 11… Read More »
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the three teacher unions who are on strike against the appointment of Dr. Eric Nkansah as the new GES boss to call off the industrial action. The Labour Ministry subsequently held two meetings with the unions but both of which ended inconclusively. This prompted the NLC’s meeting today,… Read More »
Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has read from the media that the three (3) Teacher Unions in the Pre Tertiary Education sector have declared withdrawal of their services effective Friday November 4, 2022. Heads of public Kindergarten and Primary Schools as well as Junior and Senior High Schools have been directed through the… Read More »
The All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG) has criticised the three other teacher unions for embarking on an indefinite strike over New GES Director-General Appointment. According to ATAG, the three teacher unions, GNAT, NAGRAT and CCT-GH should rather focus on issues that can improve the state of the profession rather than those that only benefit a… Read More »
Three teacher unions have declared a strike to demand the removal of the newly appointed Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr. Eric Nkansah. Leadership of the three unions –National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT)–declared the strike on Friday, November 4,… Read More »
Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) has officially invited the pre-tertiary education sector teacher unions for a meeting over impending industrial action by the unions. “It has come to the attention of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) that the pre-tertiary education sector unions are threatening to embark on industrial action over… Read More »
Three teacher unions have threatened to lay down their tools following the appointment of Dr. Eric Nkansah as the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service. They are, the National President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Ghana National Association of Teachers and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers. The unions, since the appointment… Read More »
The Ministry of Education MoE, has hit back at teacher unions for rejecting the appointment of Dr. Eric Nkansah as the the new Director General of Education. The PRO of the Ministry of Education, Mr Kwesi Kwarteng in an interview on TV3 blurted that “The logic that you’ve (teacher unions) got to have had only… Read More »