The Ghana Education Service (GES) Assistant for supervision in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region Azia David has revealed, that almost all the 72 schools in the district are rid off making teaching and learning very different in the area. Apexnewsgh.com report Mr. Azia David reported: “We have 43 primary schools and 29 Junior High, so in all we have 72 schools and almost all the 72 schools are rid off. Some are just completely rid off the assembly members can testify to that. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your adverts and credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Heads of five Senior High Schools to face prosecution
Some heads of five Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Western Region have been referred to the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) for prosecution. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), referred the heads of these schools to EOCO for procurement breaches. The schools include Adiembra SHS, Tarkwa SHS, Bozo Kaku, Methodist SHS and St. Augustine’s SHS, Bogoso. Also, a tutor at the Archbishop Porter Girls SHS has been referred to EOCO for the alleged unlawful taking of salaries. Speaking at its sitting on the Auditor General’s 2018 Report in Takoradi, Chairman of the PAC, James Klutse Averdzi noted that the prosecution of the heads of the five schools will serve as a deterrent to others. Mr. Averdzi said: “In the past, we have never referred officials or the individuals for prosecution so it looks like they are taking advantage of that, that it has become an annual ritual, we will only come, the chairman will caution and that will be the end. “So we decided that now if you go against the law we will recommend you for prosecution. So you go to court and defend yourself. If the court thinks that your defense is sufficient or strong enough they will set you free but if your defense is weak then the court will apply the law to ensure that you face the punishment.” Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your adverts and credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
All governments since 1959 have paid lip service to our educational system–Robert Ajene
A popular country’s finest educationists and statesmen Mr. Robert Ajene has revealed, that all past government since Nkrumah’s time has exhibited nothing but only lip service to the country’s educational system. Apexnewsgh.com report “All past governments since Nkrumah’s time in 1959 have paid lip service to our educational system and stakeholders look like they are not playing a major role to see that we are in the right track in education”. Mr. Ajene also hold a strong view that, teachers unions formed to help shape the educational system have failed to play their role as expected. “We have teachers unions GNAT and so on, I don’t think they are playing their role to see that the colonial educational system which was given to us and later we find out that we were producing white color job. No single individual or organization can convince me with the role they have played right from the beginning of our educational system till today”. “You see, we only try to change names, labels don’t matter. In this case, our educational system is still there but inside there, we keep on changing. He stressed According to the retired Educationist, “since 1954, Ghana has been trying to change the educational system because we found that people who left Universities were not specially trained, so the mere acquisition of a degree meant that you could do anything. And 1957, I heard those who were responsible, we changed the system and we said, there was too much academic thinking, why can’t we blend this with pragmatism? ‘the using of the hands more than brain’ and many schools were changed over the day to secondary schools and most of them are technical school and they are just standing there by name, the technical aspect is not been taught and I can mention a lot of school SECTEC SECTEC SECTEC, if you send your child there, there is no technical aspect to do. “We have heard about all these, what have we done to change? We set up Polytechnic to train middle-level manpower, how many polytechnics succeeded in doing that before they were changed overnight to Universities. People left polytechnic walking on the street without jobs because the training made them unemployable. That is why we have unemployed graduates. He stressed Mr. Ajene made the revelation during an exclusive interview with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your adverts and credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
How do you expect workers to survive when the price of everything has doubled—NAGRAT Boss
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has requested the Tripartite Committee negotiating for a national minimum wage to come out with a wage fixed at the existing inflation rate. Speaking in an interview on Accra-based Joy FM, The National President of NAGRAT, Mr. Angel Carbonu, said everywhere in the world, minimum wages are pegged to inflation rates. “How do you expect workers to survive when the price of everything has doubled in the last couple of months?” he questioned. According to Mr. Carbonu, even the cost of government services has skyrocketed. “So, how are workers expected to survive in the wake of these increments and rising inflation leading to price hikes?” Mr. Carbonu said NAGRAT is demanding a 19 percent increase in the yet-to-be-announced minimum wage to address workers’ challenges during these times. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Why should i regret as a teacher, When i have…. —Robert Ajene
One of the country’s finest educationists and statesmen Mr. Robert Ajene has said, he has no regret being a teacher for 36 years. Apexnewsgh.com report Speaking to Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, Mr. Ajene said, during his time as a teacher he was very concerned about his teaching and that keeps him focused on producing countless nationalists across the country which till date he is so proud of. Asking whether he regrets being a teacher? Mr. Ajene said: “I was concerned about my teaching and I produced so many nationalists. Late Aliu Mahama was my student, Edward Mahama and even the former President of the National House of Chief was my student. I produced so many Medical Doctors, if went to medical school, i should have been the only doctor. But I produced so many doctors, I produced so many statesmen, and I have touched the human resource elements of most Ghanaians anywhere in the country. So, why should I regret as a teacher”. Mr. Ajene asked “Today, when they enter into teaching, is just like going to a farm and say, if you have planted ten acres of maize, one acre will get you ten bags and you buy hundred empty bags waiting. That is not the type of teaching we want. They have just started and they haven’t seen anything, they should be patient enough. A teacher today wants a car and they compare themselves to others, don’t compare because someone’s problem would have liked to be a teacher. I have never and will never regret being a teacher”. He stressed “I am not a politician but I have touched the human development of this country more than most politicians, so what is my regret?. These politicians respect me. If I entered Ghanaian Parliament 20, 30 percent or maybe more than that will rise and say this is our teacher and I have been very significantly proud that am a teacher”. However, in 2021, the Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament Education Select Committee, Clement Apaak in a separate release said 44,000 teachers out of the 284,000 public basic school teachers left teaching profession in 2021. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
I have never actively attempted to do politics—Robert Ajene
One of the country’s heavyweight champions in the education sector now a retired educationist and statesman Mr. Robert Ajene has said, throughout his life journey, he never actively attempted to do politics unlike what has become the situation across the country in recent times. Apexnewsgh.com reports The statesman made the revelation during an exclusive engagement with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. “I have never actively attempted to do politics, actively NO’, I have a party but I will not go and stand to say I want to go to parliament. Today, to go to parliament and do what? Go to parliament with people, most of them whom I taught? Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
GES is not a mushroom agency–GES Director replies social media uniform critics
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF GES, PROF. AKWASI OPOKU AMANKWAA WRITES: “I have seen these pictures of some purported GES teachers in a prescribed uniform for work, circulating. GES is not a mushroom agency. It’s the largest Gov’t agency in Ghana. We employ more than half of all Gov’t employees. If we want to introduce uniforms for teachers, we won’t do that through social media and over the weekend. I guess it’s some group of teachers who’ve decided to have a uniform. Or it could even be photoshop. We may have to look for those in the pictures to first find out if indeed they’re teachers and if they’re what’s their motivation for the uniform. In this era of unionized labour GES cannot introduce a uniform for teachers without engaging the teacher unions. Issues relating to who pays, govt or individuals, the fabric, etc. would all have to be discussed. Any national project of this kind may have to be announced and possibly launched OFFICIALLY. Thank you!”. Apexnewsgh.com
No teacher was unemployed under John Mahama—Peter Otokunor
The National Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Peter Otokunor has said, no qualified teacher was unemployed during NDC Mahama’s administration. Apexnewsgh.com report According to Mr. Otokunor, “If you are a trained teacher, you get a job immediately, if you are a trained nurse, you will get a job immediately, maybe a few of them because we were building those hospitals so that we can absorb those nurses. They were few nurses who were on backlog but what we are experiencing today, we have nurses and teachers who finished school”. Meanwhile, Ironically Mr. Otokunor added: “Well, there was unemployment under president Mahama and we were doing everything…. Talking about the NABCO initiative, the Deputy Secretary said: “Those on NABCO, during the time of President Mahama were not unemployed, most of them were in school. In fact, go and look at those on NABCO most of them are graduates of 2017/18”. The NDC Deputy Secretary made the pronouncement during an interview on A1 radio a local radio in the Upper East Regional capital Bolgatanga monitored by apexnewsgh.com. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your adverts and credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Yagzore: The school still needs furniture, assembly only reduced the school burden
Yes, Talensi District Assembly has responded to the Yagzore Primary school furniture predicament by donating 115 pieces of furniture out of 209 dual desks needed. Apexnewsgh.com report However, the fact still remains that the school still needs 94 dual desks to settle the furniture deficit. Below are the authentic details regarding the school furniture issues, causing them to write whiles lying on the belle. Class 1 needed 28 furniture Class 2 needed 34 furniture Class 3 needed 38 furniture Class 4 needed 32 and out of the 32, only 6 are useful in the class remaining 26 Class 5 needed 42 and out of the 42, only 6 are useful in the class remaining 36 Class 6 needed 51 and out of the 51, only 4 are useful in the class remaining 47 So ideally, out of 209 dual desks needed to improve the learning standard of the pupils of Yagzore Primary of Talensi District in the Upper East Region, the assembly was able to only reduce the burden of the school by donating 115 dual desks. This simply means that the school furniture has only been reduced but not solved as some media platforms reported. Meanwhile, the predicament of these innocent pupils received some level of attention after the pictures were shared on various social media platforms seeking help from well-meaning Ghanaians and the people of Talensi. Please kindly contact this platform for any form of assistance on behalf of Yagzore Primary school and many more other schools in the Talensi district facing a similar challenge. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Ministry of Education make U-turn on Trimester System order
The statement says, following the directive to commence the semester system, the Ministry has received representation from a section of public and key educational stakeholders to re-instate the Trimester system. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093









