Articles from Ghana
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 May 2010 Report on African seminar on Early Childhood Education now available
A report on an Early Childhood Education seminar, organized by EI in Accra last year, is now available in electronic and print form. The report is available in English and French.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 March 2010 Ghana: providing teachers with the incentive to stay teaching is key to quality education
Ghanaian teacher unions, GNAT and TEWU, under their national EFAIDS Programme recognised that the number of teachers leaving the profession each year is a challenge to achieving Education for all in Ghana. Recognising that identifying the cause of the problem, is key to addressing the problem they sponsored a survey...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 January 2010 GNAT: Invest in people to achieve EFA
“We provide a clear vision for education and society, powerful arguments for investing in people, a capacity to mobilize globally, regionally, nationally and locally, and a strategy of proposition for the well-being of our communities and nations,” said EI's President Susan Hopgood at the opening of the 50th national conference...
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Union renewal and development 12 January 2010 EI opens its new African regional office
On January 7, the new EI office premises in Accra, Ghana, were formally opened by the Minister of Education for Ghana, in the presence of EI President Susan Hopgood, EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen and EI Deputy General Secretary Charlie Lennon.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 October 2009 African teachers call upon their governments to invest in early childhood education
Representatives of EI member organisations meeting in Accra last week called upon their governments to invest in early childhood education. This call was made at a seminar organised by Education International in Accra, Ghana, from 29 -30 September.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2009 EI to hold Early Childhood Education seminar in Accra
EI member organisations from several African countries will converge in Accra, Ghana, for an Early Childhood Education seminar. The seminar, whose theme is, “Quality Early Childhood Education: Every Child’s Right”, will be held from 29 – 30 September and hosted by the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT).
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 September 2009 Ghana: Teacher Shortages at all Levels as Secondary School Education Shortened
Advancing quality education is a priority for the Ghana National Association of Teachers, which has been working extensively on the more serious barriers to quality as another academic year begins.
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 May 2009 Interview with local EFAIDS trainer in Ghana
Yevoo Pope Yao, local GNAT (Ghana National Association of Teachers) secretary of Dzodze, Ketu district, Volta region and regional EFAIDS trainer speaks about education and the EI EFAIDS Programme in Ghana.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 March 2009 Ghana: Research leads to new Policy Initiatives
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Teachers & Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) have developed both a ‘HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy’ and ‘Policy Recommendations for Achieving Education For All’.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 January 2009 African Unions Share EFAIDS Vision at Joint Workshop
Representatives of teacher unions from 24 countries across Africa met in Accra, Ghana during the first week of December to attend the annual EI EFAIDS evaluation and planning workshop.
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Equity and inclusion 11 June 2008 Teacher union in Ghana releases new study on child labour
This week, as part of Education International’s campaign against child labour, the Ghanaian affiliates, led by the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) launched a new research study entitled: “National Child Labour Situation and Teacher Unions’ Best Practices and Challenges in This Field”.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 May 2008 Interview with Helena Awurusa, EFAIDS Coordinator, Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT)
Helena Awurusa attended the Third Commonwealth Teacher Research Symposium held in Maputo, Mozambique from 19-21 February, 2008. The theme for this year was, ‘Gender, HIV/AIDS and the Status of Teachers’.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2007 Ghana: Union Research reconfirms HIV/AIDS as a key workplace issue
EI affiliates the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) have just finalised research on HIV/AIDS in the education sector.
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Union growth 9 June 2006 Ghana: Teachers and Educational Workers Begin Indefinite Strike
Salary arrears and the lack of progress in negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement have driven EI affiliate the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) to strike indefinitely. An ultimatum presented to President John Kufuor’s government says if demands are not met by next week, teachers in higher institutions will...
Ghana: Teachers and Educational Workers Begin Indefinite Strike