Articles from Ghana
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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.
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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.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 August 2013 Ghana: Education union invests in teacher professional training
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) will continue to invest in upgrading the skills and knowledge of its members while urging the government to organise quality in-service training for all teachers in the country. GNAT has derived many benefits from its cooperation on teachers’ professional development training with the...
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Union renewal and development 28 March 2013 African teacher leaders: "World Bank undermines teaching profession"
Leaders of African teachers' organizations will engage their members in a global campaign for quality education to be launched by Education International in September 2013. During a meeting of EI's African Regional Committee on 25-27 March in Accra, they endorsed the campaign plans recently adopted by the EI Executive Board.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2013 Ghana: Teachers to promote literacy and numeracy
EI’s largest national affiliate in Ghana, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has organised a workshop from 19-23 February in Accra in partnership with the Pan African Teachers’ Centre (PATC) and the Canadian Teachers Federation (CTF). At the event, teachers were urged to adopt a positive attitude towards reading...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 January 2013 Ghana: NAGRAT supporter appointed as Education Minister
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) in Ghana, one of EI’s national affiliates, has welcomed President John Dramani Mahama’s choice to nominate Professor Naana Opoku Agyeman as Education Minister. Professor Opoku Agyeman is a former Vice Chancellor of the Cape Coast University.
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Standards and working conditions 13 November 2012 Ghana: Realising the aspiration of young teachers in unity
One of greatest difficulties of any voluntary organisation is how to sustain the interest of its members and retain them in the organisation. It is globally recognised that in order to keep the membership of any organisation at its peak, there is the need to keep up and vary the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 November 2012 Building international solidarity through development cooperation among Higher Education Unions
There is a popular Ghanaian saying, “All fingers are not equal”. Indeed, some are stronger than others, some are longer than others, and some are efficient than others. At certain times, however, they collaborate to overcome difficult challenges.
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Standards and working conditions 9 November 2012 Teachers exercising leadershipTeachers exercising leadership
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 October 2012 Ghana: quality education ensures bright future
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has commented on an article written by Kwame Akyeampong, Senior policy analyst in the team in charge of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report.
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Equity and inclusion 24 September 2012 Tom BediakoTom Bediako
Jim Baker
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Standards and working conditions 4 June 2012 Ghana: Trade unions concerned about educators’ wages
Delays in negotiating allowance categories for public sector workers in Ghana are adversely affecting the morale of teachers. That’s according to the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), an EI affiliate in Ghana. The National Executive of another EI affiliate, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has also expressed...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 February 2012 A giant in Ghana education and unionism: Tom Bediako
Ghanaian education leader Tom Bediako has left his footprint on education trade unionism all over Africa, receiving many awards for his work as a teacher and trade unionist for over half a century. Aged 79, Bediako remains sharp and committed. In this interview, he doesn’t look back with nostalgia, but...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 February 2012 EI Africa Regional Committee tackles impact of the crisis in education
The EI Africa Regional Committee, held in Accra, Ghana, from 8-11 February, began with a one-day orientation seminar for new Committee members elected in Congo Brazzaville in December 2010. It focused on the negative impact of the economic crisis in Africa, which is undermining quality education in the region.
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Union renewal and development 26 January 2012 Regional Committee Meeting, EI AfricaRegional Committee Meeting, EI Africa
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Equity and inclusion 1 July 2011 Ghana: Teachers' union launches anti-child labour handbook
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) launched a handbook to prevent child labour in Ghana as part of the World Day Against Child Labour initiative. The book was launched on 29 June at the GNAT Hall in Accra, Ghana and featured speaker such as government officials and international union...
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Union renewal and development 18 June 2010 Ghanaian union GNAT showing leadership in ECE
While the first Education For All Goal is about improving and expanding early childhood education (ECE), not much has been done to meet the needs of young children since the EFA goals were agreed in 2000. This is to a large extent due to the fact that priority was given...
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 June 2010 Teacher activists review the EFAIDS Programme in Ghana
Thirty leaders and master trainers converged at the Volta GNAT Conference Centre in Ho, Ghana, on 8 June, 2010, at the launch of a three-day workshop to evaluate the EFAIDS programme in Ghana.
Teacher activists review the EFAIDS Programme in Ghana