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13 Dec

GNAT Demands Justice For Teacher Stabbed In The Eye

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The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is demanding justice for a teacher who was stabbed in the left eye by a loitering student of the Asuoso Senior High School at Offinso in the Ashanti Region. The teacher, Ishmael Famous, is said to have been stabbed in the left eye after he asked the loitering student (name withheld) to enter the classroom. The teacher is said to have lost his eye upon the assault. GNAT has, therefore, called on the Police to prosecute the said student, insisting also that the affected teacher deserves a Workmen’s Compensation for losing his eye…

08 Aug

May Your Efforts Be Crowned With Success – GNAT To BECE Candidates

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The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has extended good wishes to all students who are sitting to sit for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). GNAT in a statement asked the candidates to give their best and approach the examination with confidence and determination. The statement also asked the students to have a “can-do spirit” while entering the examination room. “GNAT has confidence in you all and wishes you all the best,” portions of the statement read. “Ghana looks up to, to bear its torch of progress and prosperity, therefore need not fail her. Your parents, siblings, and…

15 Feb

GNAT Calls On GES To Change New Academic Calendar

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The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is pleading with the Ghana Education Service (GES) to make changes to the new academic calendar for schools released recently. The Local Secretary for Kotobabi District, Gideon Pappoe, and the Chairman for Accra Metro West District of the Association, William Yitah, who have been speaking on Joy Prime’s Prime Morning indicated that there was no consultation before the changes. The teachers, they said, got the information like everyone else after the calendar was published. According to them, the current rest days for teachers are not adequate. Their concern is that it will cause a lot…

07 Nov

Adutwum To Meet Leadership Of NAGRAT, GNAT, CCT Over Strike

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The Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Aduwtum will be meeting leadership of the teacher unions that are striking to resolve their concerns. General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teacher (GNAT) Thomas Musah said on the New Day show on TV3 with Rolland Walker MondayNovember 7 that the unions will determine the way forward depending on what transpires at the meeting. “Teachers are unhappy. some progress have been made last Friday, let us not destroy what has been. We will be at the meeting at 2PM.” Meanwhile the Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng…

07 Nov

Go Back To The Classrooms In The Interest Of Students – Kwarteng Begs GNAT, NAGRAT, CCT

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The Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng has appealed to the teacher unions who are striking to return to the classrooms in the interest of the students. Speaking on the New Day show with Roland Walker on TV3 Monday November 7, Mr Kwarteng said “In the interest of the students they should go back to the classroom.” The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) have declared strike over the appointment of Dr Eric Nkansah as the new Director General of the Ghana Education (GES). They declared the industrial…

13 Oct

Speak Up On Challenges – GNAT Urges School Heads

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The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), wants authorities to end what it terms needless intimidation meted out to school heads who speak on challenges confronting their institutions. GNAT says the intimidation is affecting teaching and learning in many Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country. Speaking at the 60th Anniversary celebration of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Second Cycle Schools in Koforidua, the President of GNAT, Reverend Isaac Owusu said such practices must cease. “When heads who are managers of the secondary schools want to speak on challenges, we see those in authorities attacking and intimidating them. The…

11 Oct

World Teachers Day: GNAT Organises Float To Create Awareness

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The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has organised a float in Akuapim South and Nsawam Adoagyiri in the Eastern Region to create awareness on World Teachers Day. On October 5, each year, teachers around the world are recognised for their outstanding contributions to the development of future leaders. It is also to provide a forum for teachers to express their grievances to the Government over conditions of service. The Police Command, Fire and Prisons services, and medical team from the Koforidua Government Hospital were there to support the Eastern Regional GNAT. The teachers held placards, which read: “Teachers deserve…