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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The media this week has been saturated with news that made headlines and attracted public attraction.
The KNUST impasse seems to have no end in sight as the roadmap agreed upon by the government and...
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...
NAPO Must Intervene In UEW Crisis – Minority
The Minority in Parliament is demanding an immediate intervention by government in the current impasse that has rocked the University of Education, Winneba. They want the Minister of Education...
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,...
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...
Over 46,000 Students’ Future In Limbo As University of Education Shuts Down
The future of some 46,000 students including those doing distance learning is in limbo as all campuses of the University of Education shuts down due to a suit filed against the school at the Winneba...
Court Forces Closure of University of Education Campuses
Authorities at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have closed down all of the school’s campuses following a court ruling that some actions taken by the school’s council was illegal....
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....
Did the President Pick Back
Any rational human being will accord with me that, it is animalistic and insane to pick back spat saliva. Spitting "is the act of forcibly ejecting words from the mouth" (in this context a critical...
Abuse of Public Funds, Cause of Poor Handling of Teachers Issues
President Akufo Addo says the reason why teachers issues which largely bother on money have not been properly dealt is simply due to the unprecedented abuse of state funds by those entrusted to...
Slave-Trade Arab Mentality Towards Blacks Still Lingers
A lecturer of the University of Cape Coast Kwame Osei Kwarteng (Phd) says the man of Lebanese extraction who assaulted a Ghanaian woman, has a de-humanising mentality towards blacks dating back to...
Why Mahama Lost The Titanic Elections Woefully And Wept Bitterly And Uncontrollably
For the benefit of my cherished readers and those who have not followed my previous articles in the past 10 years, I have decided to crown the year 2016 with this particular edition to whet the...
Gov’t Interference Accounts For Poor Ranking of Varsities
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said that government’s persistent interference in the operations of universities affect their performances in world rankings. President...
The Debate On Fake Degrees And Fraudulent Journals
I delve into this debate not because I want to hold brief for either Dr. Prosper Yao Tsikata or Mr. Michael Yao Wodui Serwornoo in their recent friendly intellectual feud that erupted as a result of...
Stop Distracting Us – UTAG To Government
The University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) has urged government to stop distracting it with the delay in paying benefits and allowances due them. According to the association in its...