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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed heads of all basic schools to keep the institutions open despite the strike action by the teachers. The teachers on Monday, July 4 proceeded on an indefinite strike as a result of the non-payment of a demanded cost of living allowance (COLA). They are d
The Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang said the management has been carrying out indexation to meet the rising rate of inflation. Whenever inflation rate rises, SSNIT compensates pensioners for that, he said at the Ghana National Ass
The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers, (GNAT), Thomas Musah, has said the general income situation of all workers in the country should be looked at. He indicated that most workers earn low basic salary which eventually affect the quantum of pension benefits they are gi
Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has told the government of Ghana to pay them 20% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) else they will cease going to the classroom to teach. The teachers union and organized labour through the Secretary General of TUC made a passionate appeal to the President
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has given the government by end of June this year to grant the 20 per cent Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) or risk the anger of over 240,000 teachers nationwide. According to GNAT the current delay continues to affect the meagre earnings of workers.
General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Thomas Musah has said that after managing to secure the meagre 4 per cent salary increment in 2021 for workers, leadership of labour unions have gained the nickname "4 per cent". He says their members no longer call them by their
The Ghana National Association of Teachers, (GNAT) has asked government to release the over seven months arrears owed teachers on their pensions or will incur its wrath. Ahead of the May Day celebration, General Secretary of GNAT, Thomas Musah Tanko said the government should release the amount with
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is asking the Ministry of Education through its collaborative agencies to ensure textbooks and other teacher-learning resources are provided in schools. In a statement to mark Independence Day, GNAT laments the "absence of resources for teachers and
The Ghana National Association of Teachers, (GNAT,) has said its attention has been drawn to a document circulating on social media with a heading 'National Teaching Council (NTC) Introduces Ghana Basic Education Skills Examination Test,' purported to originate from the NTC. The document, according
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has commiserated with families of the victims of the explosion at Apiate near Bogoso. As the leading teacher union with members also teaching in the affected and adjoining communities, GNAT said I a statement, "we wish to expressly commend the proact
The Ghana National Association of Teachers has welcomed an assurance by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo address all the issues surrounding the One Teacher One Laptop initiative. The teacher union also said they accept President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s promise to provide ten thousand (10,
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said teaching should not be seen as a stop-gap measure or a job of last resort. Rather, he said, it should be seen as a viable choice to enter a well-respected profession with positive long term career prospects and good benefits. He said these on Tuesday, 4
The National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the One Teacher One Laptop initiative. Speaking at the the 6th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in Kumasi on Tuesday January 4, the Nation
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has tasked teachers to adopt an improved way of negotiation rather than resorting to strike whenever their concerns are not addressed. He argued that, school children are the ones who face the consequences of such actions and not politicians. He was addressing mem
President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Mr Angel Carbonu, has said they do not know the All Teachers Alliance, the group that is opposing the contract signed for One Teacher, One Laptop initiative. The All Teachers Alliance had said it had come to their attention that de
Unposted trained teachers have given the Akufo-Addo-led government a one week ultimatum to post them to start teaching. If the government fails to post them, they will embark on civil protest register their displeasure. The teachers said their efforts to get the GES to post them have been futile "Af
The National President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has lashed out at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for never attending any of the annual best teacher awards ceremonies since he took office in 2017. Phillipa Larsen said teachers are sad by this development and the ear
The Ghana National Association (GNAT) intends rolling-out a Housing Plan from early next year once approved by its members. Economist, Kwame Pianim told the 2021 GNAT Investment Forum convened in Accra that with over 200,000 members across the country, "teachers have the chance to own 2-3 bedroom ho
The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has expressed the utmost gratitude of teacher trainees to President Akufo-Addo and his government for restoring teacher trainee allowance. Following the cancellation of teacher trainee allowance by the erstwhile NDC government, its restoration was a m
