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26 Aug

You did not fulfil the same promises you made to teachers in 2012 – Abronye Slams Mahama

Evans ManassehNewsAbronye, mahama, Teachers

Bono regional chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe Abronye has berated former president John Dramani over his pledge to offer incentives to teachers. According to him, John Mahama made similar promises in 2012, but failed to deliver under his tenure of office. This comes in the wake of NDC’S manifesto launch held in Winneba last Saturday. Unveiling his manifesto, Mahama said he would offer incentives to teachers at rural areas when he is re elected. Reacting to this on Wontumi Morning Show on 26th August, 2024, Abronye questioned why former president did not fulfil this pledge when…

06 Oct

At Ghana Teacher Prize 2023 ceremony: We’re committed to investing in teachers … to ensure quality education of Ghanaian children – President

Evans ManassehNewsGhanaian, PRESIDENT, quality education, Teachers

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has underscored the role of quality teachers in promoting access and inclusive education in Ghana. Teachers, he noted, played a paramount role in education and development, as they prepare and mould the next future generations. President Akuo-Addo(middle) presenting the first runner up prize to Ms Issabella Wussah President Akufo-Addo made this observation at the Teacher Prize ceremony held at GSTS in Takoradi, in the Western Region, yesterday, which coincided with World Teachers Day. “We need professional teachers to facilitate teaching and learning skills, we need teacher who inspire and guide and not just as…

12 Apr

Communications Ministry Commences ToT For 100 Teachers in Savannah Region

wontumionline.comNewsCommunications, Teachers

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MOCD) has commenced the Training of Trainers (ToT) component of Girls in ICT (GIICT) flagship project for 100 Teachers in the Savannah Region The ToT is a critical activity that contributes to the sustenance of the knowledge acquired and availability of the knowledge in all schools that the teachers belong. The training which began today, 11th and scheduled to end on 15th April 2023, is to equip the teachers with digital skills to enable them to train 1000 selected Girls from 7 (Seven ) districts. Training will be held in 50 Centers across the…

04 Sep

Government Gives Every Teacher One Laptop

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsBawumia, Laptop, Teachers

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched and handed over 350,000 laptops under the ‘One Teacher One Laptop’ programme in fulfilment of government’s pledge to equip Ghana’s teachers with the requisite ICT skills to prepare the next generation for the Fourth Industrial revolution. At a brief but colourful ceremony at the campus of the St Mary’s Senior High School, Accra on Friday 3rd September, 2021 Dr Bawumia, assisted by the Minister for Education, Hon Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum; the Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa; and the leadership of Teacher Unions, handed over the first…

13 Oct

Govt Introduces One-Year Course To Upgrade Teachers

Jackson Odom KpakpoNewsGOVERNMENT, Teachers

Govt Introduces One-Year Course To Upgrade Teachers The Ministry of Education through Ghana Education Service has collaborated with the University of Cape Coast to run a three-semester programme to upgrade all Diploma holding teachers to the Degree level. The move is to ensure that the minimum qualification required to teach in any school in Ghana is the Degree, that is the Bachelors of Education certificate. According to a notice issued by the Public Relations outfit of the Ministry of Education, the programmes introduced to upgrade the teachers include the following: 1. Post-Diploma in Early Childhood Education; 2. Post-Diploma in…

09 Sep

We Have Employed 93,000 Teachers In Just 4 Years ~ Dep. Education Minister

Kakra NunuFeatured, Newseducation, President Akufo-Addo, Teachers

The Deputy Minister for Education, Osei Yaw Adutwum, has stated that the Akufo-Addo administration has employed 93,000 teachers in the four years the NPP has been in office. In an interview on Oman FM's flagship show, Boiling Point, on Tuesday, 8th September, 2020, the Deputy Minister emphasized that the Akufo-Addo administration has surpassed the annual 16 thousand teachers the ministry employs due to the Government's commitment to ensure that there is quality in the sector. "We have employed 93,000 teachers so far if you add the 16, 000 being employed now" he said in the interview with Kwabena Kwakye, the…