TEWU Accuses Yankah of Interference
Members of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have accused the government of interfering in the reconstitution of the...
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Constitution of Council Fails as Gov’t Clashes with UTAG, TEWU
Government’s attempt to force the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) at KNUST to present entirely new representatives to the school’s...
TEWU Accuses Yankah of Interference
Members of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have accused the government of interfering in the reconstitution of the...
Court’s Decision On UEW Vice Chancellor Mocked
A judgment by the High Court in Winneba, which found the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education (UEW), Professor Mawutor Avoke, and the school’s Finance Officer, Dr. Theophilus Senyo...
Nana Addo Tells UEW Governing Council
President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the governing council of the University of Education, Winneba, to immediately come up with measures that will ensure that all disputes and matters pending in...
UEW Brouhaha: UTAG Charges CJ To Probe Matter
Some members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have urged the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, to probe what happened in court on June...
Govt Pays GHc45m For Lecturers’ Book & Research Allowance
The Minister of State-in-charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, has announced the release of GH¢45 million for the payment of Book and Research Allowances of lecturers in public...
Council Chairmen For 7 Universities Named
The Council of State through the Education Ministry has approved the constitution of councils for seven public universities in the country. This is in response to a two-week ultimatum issued by the...
UEW Lecturers Strike Indefinitely After Court Ordered Removal of VC, CFO
Lecturers of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have withdrawn all their services moments after a Winneba High Court ordered the Vice Chancellor and the Chief Finance Officer to hand over to...
We’re Under Pressure Over Absence of Governing Council
The management of the University of Ghana is under pressure from lecturers and other workers at the school over the absence of a governing council. Almost 40 professorial appointments at the...
UTAG To Strike Over Gov’t Failure To Set Up University Governing Councils
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has threatened to strike in the next two weeks if the government set up governing councils for the various public universities across the country....
Constitute Councils For Universities Or Face Our Wrath
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has given government a two-week ultimatum to constitute Councils of the various universities in the country or face their wrath. Even though some...
Winneba High Court Dismisses UEW Application
The Winneba High Court, presided over by His Lordship Justice George Atto-Mills, today , dismissed a motion for interlocutory injunction on the Governing Council of the University of Education,...
New UEW Council To Be Constituted This Week
The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, has said the government will constitute a new Governing Council for the University of Education, Winneba this week,...
UEW To Get Governing Council ‘as Soon As Possible’
A new governing council is to be constituted at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) within a week, the Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education has stated. “To me, the most...
UEW Case Ruling Set For July 10
The Winneba High Court has fixed 10 July, 2017 to rule on a motion for interlocutory injunction on the Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba. Defense Counsel for the school Peter...
UTAG Doesn’t Seem Like Ending Strike Now
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said, it’s members will not return to work until the law suit challenging the legality of the University Governing Council’s is over. The...
Akufo-Addo’s Graduate Joblessness Comment Distorted – Education Minister
Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh says the President’s comment about the disconnect between Ghana’s educational curricula and the job requirements was distorted. President Nana Addo...
Curricula Not To Blame For Graduate Joblessness – UTAG Replies Akufo-Addo
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has described as ‘unfortunate’ a comment by the President that the country’s educational curricula are to blame for graduate joblessness....
Flagstaff House Ex-Gratia Cheques Bouncing, Akufo-Addo Confesses To Financial Crisis
The government of Ghana is broke and might soon have difficulties paying workers, honouring debt obligations and also meeting payments to contractors they promised a One Hundred Day payment plan by...