CHASS threaten to close down SHSs over unpaid arrears
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Northern Region branch has threatened to shut down Senior High Schools (SHSs) for non-payment of arrears. According to a statement after an emergency meeting in the Northern region on August 15, 2022, the Council categorized some reasons that will activate their action. “Apart from arrears owed us in respect of perishable for the first semester of 2021/2022 academic year, no money has been paid for the eleven weeks of the second semester we have done so far, this makes going to the market very difficult.” “Suppliers who give us credit for perishable items like eggs and meat are not ready to continue with the supply owing to the amounts of indebtedness,” the statement indicated. For them, Heads of Schools in the Region would be compelled to send the SHS 2 students who are in their second semester home. “On the foregoing, we wish to state that if we do not get immediate releases the SHS 1 students of the single truck schools who would be due to return to school tomorrow Tuesday, August 16, 2022, would not report until we get money. This also includes those in transitional schools who are also billed to report on September 4, 2022. “Lastly, Management is also entreated to pay the recurrent expenditure of the schools, which has been in arreaars since last year. The non-payment of this component of our money is affecting the smooth running of our schools in issues such as maintenance and repairs, field trips, practical lessons in our laboratories, etc.” Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana
Breaking News: Students of Bolga Technical Institute destroy properties, clash with police
According to information gathered, students of the Bolgatanga Technical Institute destroyed some school properties including some properties belonging to their teachers. According to sources, some angry final-year and second-year students started protesting against the seizure of their phones and the arrest of two of their colleagues by the National Investigations Bureau following their involvement in examination malpractice. However, in protest, students angrily blocked the main entrance of the school, and sadistically prevented access to the school and the main road that leads to Navrongo. A team of police officers who were dispatched to contain the situation was confronted by the students and had to run for their lives hence calling for reinforcement. Some traumatized staff of the school who spoke to Apexnewsgh.com said the student’s actions were unfortunate. They have destroyed school properties and our personal properties but thank God we are saved” a teacher said Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
BREAKING NEWS: Massive tension building up at Bawku Technical Institute.
Information reaching Apexnewsgh.com has it that tension is increasingly building up at bawku Technical institute as students distroy properties on demostration against masters. More to come soon Source:Apexnewsgh.com
Colleges of Education likely to start running a shift system–Osman Ayariga
Interested aspiring candidate on the position of National Deputy Youth Organizer in the upcoming internal party election of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Osman Ayariga has revealed, that if care is not taken, colleges of education are likely to run a shift system. Apexnewsgh.com report Mr. Ayariga made the revelation during his speech at the TEIN induction ceremony of level 100 students of Gbewa College of Education on Saturday, July 17, 2022. He said: “You know it was under the NDC that we eliminated the quota system with regards to the colleges of education. There was a conscious effort to try as much as possible to admit as many students as possible in the colleges of education and the enrollment increased over 100% during the tenure of John Dramani Mahama”. The aspiring Deputy National Youth Organizer maintained that “It was under John Dramani Mahama that we introduced some many colleges of education and also so many infrastructural developments with regards to the colleges of education. Unfortunately, if your lecturers are here, they will bear me witness that, come next year or the next academic year, with what is going on whether we like it or not we have two options with regards to colleges of education. Either we revert to the quota system or we are going to run a shift system so far as colleges of education are concerned. Stressing that, if we are not careful, we are going to have a gold track, yellow track, and green track for colleges of education. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Gbewa college of Education/TEIN
All parents should feed their wards in school and at home–CHASS
Information flying across indicates that the Upper West Conference of Heads of Assisted Schools (CHASS) has resorted to some interesting conditions for the schools. According to the directives from schools contained in the CHASS letter, parents of all candidates writing final exams are to feed their wards in schools or feed them at home and let them come to school to write their final exams as a result of non-avaliablity of feeding grants or foods at the schools. Boarding students are to bring sugar and other eatables to dining, the schools have directed, with warnings that the best they can do to sustain academic activities at the most is to feed the students minimally for a week at most.Even the minimal feeding can only be sustained up to next week Friday, 15th July, 2022. After that, the schools have reiterated that either parents feed, pay for feeding of their wards or come for the wards from the schools “since it will be impossible to continue to feed them with nothing”. Again, all sporting, cultural, workshops and other activities involving students and staff have been cancelled as a result of lack of funds and the unreasonableness of students engaging in sporting and cultural activities on empty stomachs, the school stressed. Source: Apexnewsgh.com
Upper East Regional Minister begs teachers unions to temper justice with mercy
The Upper East Regional Minister Stephen Yakubu has appealed to striking Teacher- Unions to temper justice with mercy and return to the classroom while government resolves their concerns. He noted that government appreciated their concerns and would endeavour to resolve the problem, adding that the timing for the strike action was not right, considering the Russian- Ukraine conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic that has negatively affected the global economy. The Minister made the appeal when he visited the Bolgatanga Girls’ Senior High School (BOGISS) and Bolgatanga Senior High School (BIG BOSS) to ascertain the impact of the strike on the students. Hon. Yakubu assured the teachers that the relevant authorities scheduled to meet the union leaders would work to resolve the impasse, and therefore urged the unions, especially the kitchen staff to consider the plight of the students and cook for them. He used the opportunity to call on parents to support their children in second cycle schools while school authorities fashion out other alternative ways to cook for them. He commended the Head teachers who in the midst of the challenges, ensured the students were fed to enable them concentrate on their own private studies while they waited for their teachers to resume from the strike. Source: Apexnewsgh.com
Talensi: See a basic School without a roof for the past years .
In the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, a district well blessed with resources more than any other parts across Ghana, education of our future leaders is not getting the necessary support required from authorities. Apexnewsgh.com reports The picture you are seeing below, is Tolla basic school in the Talensi District which was roofed off for past years, is yet to receive attention from those in authority. Education for school going children in most rural areas in the district is gradually becoming a laughing stock, because those expected to see the good welfare of these innocent pupils have actually shown they careless when it comes to a good learning environment for these our innocent children The question is, how will these innocent children succeed learning in such regrettable environmental conditions? However, our calls to the assembly for more details wasn’t answered. Source: Apexnewsgh.com
Continue rendering service to beneficiary schools–GSFP
Management of School Feeding Programme (GSFP) directs caterers under the school feeding Programme to continue rendering their service to school pupils till further notice Source: Apexnewsgh.com
Four teacher Union declare indefinite strike
Four teacher Unions declare indefinite strike effective today, 4th July, 2022. Read below: Source: Apexnewsgh.com
UER: Teachers described missing yellow signal on our traffic as a confusing trend for children–VIDEO
Some nursery school teachers in the Upper East Region have registered some level of dissatisfaction over the missing ‘yellow signal’ on the traffic light in recent times. Over the years, children in kindergarten and nursery schools have been taught some traffic rules and regulations by way of singing. The popular song for our children is “If you see a traffic light there is something you must know, red means stop, yellow means get ready, green means go go go and go. Is no longer the way it was taught because the yellow signal is seriously missing in the modern traffic light available in most regions across the country. Some of the teachers who spoke to Apexnewsgh.com described the current experience as confusing and worrying. “This one is a problem because the yellow signal would alert you to get ready. So, as there is no yellow signal, we that are used to the yellow signal will be confused. especially when it’s time for you to get ready and you are still there, you might crash with someone”. The lamented This incident has generated some arguments between a lovely daughter and her father when they were caught up in the traffic light. The little girl as they stopped at the traffic light, started singing when the traffic signal was on ‘red’, as brilliant she was, she was patiently waiting for the traffic light to change to a yellow signal but unfortunately, the ‘green light’ appeared and she quickly asked the father whether the traffic light is faulty because she expected the yellow signal light which in the actual sense means ‘get ready’ but unfortunately the green signal rather appeared. The father said, as at that time, he was short of words and didn’t know what response to give to his daughter but only resorted by telling her is a modern traffic light. But, did that change the situation or even the girl mentality about the confusing trend? Are the manufacturers of these current traffic lights telling us that the yellow signal which normally allows people to get themselves ready for the green signal is no longer relevant? Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093