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Articles from Ghana

  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 October 2017

    Ghana: Introduction of free senior high school education welcomed

    Ghanaian trade union leaders have warmly welcomed the decision of Ghana’s president to set up the Free Senior High School Programme.

    Ghana: Introduction of free senior high school education welcomed
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 May 2017

    This May Day, why not try solidarity?

    As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.

    This May Day, why not try solidarity?
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 April 2017

    Africa: Unions work towards unity and education priorities

    The importance of trade union unity in terms of development cooperation activities in Africa was underlined during a recent meeting between African education unions and their development cooperation partners.

    Africa: Unions work towards unity and education priorities
  4. Leading the profession 18 November 2016

    ResNet Africa: Collaboration on tools for quality research

    Researchers and union leaders at Education International’s Research Network Africa learnt how to use online tools and develop in-depth approaches to qualitative interviews during dynamic and practical skill-focused sessions.

    ResNet Africa: Collaboration on tools for quality research
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 November 2016

    IFHERC: Challenges still to be faced in tertiary education and research

    Academic freedom, international solidarity, gender, casualisation and privatisation came under the spotlight at Education International’s 10th International Further and Higher Education and Research Conference, attended by leaders of tertiary education and research.

    IFHERC: Challenges still to be faced in tertiary education and research
  6. Equity and inclusion 3 November 2016

    West African education unions tackle gender equality and issues

    Education union leaders from West Africa have engaged in lively debates on ways to increase and improve women’s empowerment and leadership within trade unions, education and societies in their sub-region.

    West African education unions tackle gender equality and issues
  7. Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 February 2016

    Concern growing over the commercialisation of education in Ghana

    Education unions are urging the Ghanaian government to make amendments to its Education Act to ward off threats of commercialisation following a commitment to review the existing regulatory regime of private schools.

    Concern growing over the commercialisation of education in Ghana
  8. Equity and inclusion 11 June 2015

    African education unions mobilise against child labour in agriculture

    On the eve of the World Day Against Child Labour, Education International’s African region is rallying member organisations to engage around initiatives to develop their capacities aimed at eradicating child labour.

    African education unions mobilise against child labour in agriculture
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 August 2014

    Health crisis forces Higher Ed Conference to relocate

    With the Ebola virus spreading sickness and fear throughout Western Africa, the president of Ghana has cancelled all international events, forcing November’s Higher Education and Research Conference to find a new host.

    Health crisis forces Higher Ed Conference to relocate
  10. Trade union rights are human rights 4 June 2014

    Ghana: Education unionists’ solidarity with abducted Nigerian school girls

    The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has organised a meeting to demand the release of the kidnapped Nigerian girls and to support the girls’ right to education.

    Ghana: Education unionists’ solidarity with abducted Nigerian school girls
  11. Standards and working conditions 3 June 2014

    Ghana: Teachers mobilise for better conditions

    Hundreds of members of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), one of EI’s national affiliates in Ghana, together with the Concerned Teachers Association of Ghana, staged a massive demonstration in Kumasi on 20 May to protest against poor working conditions.

    Ghana: Teachers mobilise for better conditions
  12. Union renewal and development 16 April 2014

    Education unions urged to keep political parties at a distance in Accra

    Education unions should keep a safe distance from political parties was the message Marieme Sakho Dansokho told members of the African regional committee in Accra from 14-16 April. The Secretary General of the Teachers' Union of Senegal (SYPROS) said that some of the difficulties faced by African education unions are...

    Education unions urged to keep political parties at a distance in Accra
  13. Leading the profession 14 January 2014

    Africa: Research key to effective advocacy

    Developing unions’ capacity to undertake research, and broadening existing research activities, across Africa, was the focus of a recent EI Regional Research Network meeting.

    Africa: Research key to effective advocacy
  14. Union renewal and development 10 January 2014

    Ghana: Working for the future of the teaching profession

    The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) held its 51st National Delegates’ Conference in Accra, Ghana, on 5-10 January. Delegates discussed and adopted a five-year strategic plan to further improve the standing of the teaching profession in the country.

    Ghana: Working for the future of the teaching profession