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Feeding grant issue remains unsolved
The Teacher Trainee Association of Ghana (TTAG) has come out this week to dispute Ministry of Education (MOE) claims regarding feeding grant payments. Last week we saw the MOE shut down a planned TTAG protest. In the latest edition of this case of “he said, she said,” TTAG is insisting that the MOE’s supposed arrear payments of just over GHC 50 million never actually happened. It looks like there is a still a lot of work that needs to be done in order to patch up this disagreement.
Disagreement over construction plot for school construction
A new senior high technical school was set to be built in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region. However, construction has yet to get underway. A series of site rejections, two of which were for spiritual reasons, have left the Fielmuo Development Association (FADA) quite frustrated. The FADA National Chairman, Ivan Maayir, is now appealing to his MP as well as the GES and West African Examination Council (WAEC) to help get the project back on track and make sure that the students in the area obtain access to schooling.
AAU inauguration
In what will be one of his last achievements in office, President Mahama oversaw the inauguration ceremony for the Association of African Universities (AAU) in Accra. The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) financed building will house a research center and a library, among other facilities. The AAU is the “umbrella body” for all tertiary institutions in Africa and has been housed in Ghana since 1970.
Also…
Another look into the life of Patrick Awuah, the ex-Microsoft employee who returned to Ghana to found Ashesi University.
President Mahama delivered a speech over the weekend saying that he was ready to hand over the reins to Ghana. He spoke of what he will be proud of when he reflects on his presidency.
An op-ed was published this weekend attempted to shed some light on the unfortunate dropout epidemic in Ghana, and called on the NPP to give it more attention than the NDC did.
While speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show, Dr. Joyce Aryee ripped into outgoing President Mahama’s education policy record.
Lengthy opinion piece on the importance of higher education in Africa.