Tuesday 6 March 2018
Students collapse during independence day celebration
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Let parents who can afford fees pay - Nii Arday Clegg on Free SHS
Renowned media personality, Robert Nii Arday Clegg has advocated for the scrapping of the Free SHS education system introduced by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.
He argues that some guardians must be left to their own fate of footing the bills of their wards as they can afford the cost.
“If some people can afford the fees let them pay it. We should do a means test, not everybody should get it for free,” he said.
According to him, the government will be better off taking care of brilliant but needy students in the country by offering them scholarships rather than making the system absolutely free for those who have the means to fulfil financial requirements.
“…there are many people who are bright so help them, the nation owes them a duty but me I don’t think the state should pay for my children’s education to come Achimota school. That’s my issue with Free SHS, it’s not political, it’s thinking, finance, money and the nation,” he stressed.
The private legal practitioner bemoaned that, failure on the part of political leaders to implement solid educational policies over the years has contributed to some of the enormous problems the country is faced with.
Speaking in an interview with www.ghanaweb.com, he described the current system as a failure while calling for the abrogated O and A Level to be reintroduced.
To him, the leaders who have been appointed into positions have failed to portray visionary qualities in devising ways to address the country’s challenges, instead they occupy those spots only to enrich themselves while impoverishing the electorates.
“People should be able to say, cars are coming in at this rate, the population is growing at that rate, etc. and we are focusing that nine years down the road etc.… What happened to all those leaders? Are they really leaders? People are just leaders for the sake if you like, of filling a position,” he maintained.
Nii Arday Clegg added, “I want to see people who lead because they solve our problems that’s what they do out there, we can do it too, so that’s my biggest problem, change. Educational levels and standards is a problem.”
He argues that some guardians must be left to their own fate of footing the bills of their wards as they can afford the cost.
“If some people can afford the fees let them pay it. We should do a means test, not everybody should get it for free,” he said.
According to him, the government will be better off taking care of brilliant but needy students in the country by offering them scholarships rather than making the system absolutely free for those who have the means to fulfil financial requirements.
“…there are many people who are bright so help them, the nation owes them a duty but me I don’t think the state should pay for my children’s education to come Achimota school. That’s my issue with Free SHS, it’s not political, it’s thinking, finance, money and the nation,” he stressed.
The private legal practitioner bemoaned that, failure on the part of political leaders to implement solid educational policies over the years has contributed to some of the enormous problems the country is faced with.
Speaking in an interview with www.ghanaweb.com, he described the current system as a failure while calling for the abrogated O and A Level to be reintroduced.
To him, the leaders who have been appointed into positions have failed to portray visionary qualities in devising ways to address the country’s challenges, instead they occupy those spots only to enrich themselves while impoverishing the electorates.
“People should be able to say, cars are coming in at this rate, the population is growing at that rate, etc. and we are focusing that nine years down the road etc.… What happened to all those leaders? Are they really leaders? People are just leaders for the sake if you like, of filling a position,” he maintained.
Nii Arday Clegg added, “I want to see people who lead because they solve our problems that’s what they do out there, we can do it too, so that’s my biggest problem, change. Educational levels and standards is a problem.”
Culled from ghanaweb.com
Central University to sack over 200 staff in latest revelation
More than 200 staff of the Central University College are expected to be laid off according to the Registrar of the institution owned by the International Central Gospel Church, Mr. Emil Afenyo.
In a voice recording, while addressing 67 persons including Junior and Senior staff who were recently sacked following claims by management it is implementing a staff rationalization exercise to reduce the wage bill and improve efficiencies in customer support, service delivery and administrative excellence, the Registrar is heard lamenting about the poor finances of the institution.
“In that document, the mandate they have given us is to reduce the staff cost by 40%. We have approximately 500 staff. So if you’re going to reduce the cost by 40%, you can imagine the number of staff that must be laid off”, he revealed.
“What we did over the last year was to try to negotiate it as much as possible to see if we could reassign people with the hope that the university numbers would expand then it will not be necessary for people to be laid off. So you see that last year twice we did quite a major set of the reassignments. It has helped only to an extent. As I am speaking our staff cost is still 2.7 million cedis and for the past 10 months, we have been running only on overdrafts.
So meeting with the council (University Council) again in December they made it clear that whatever leeway we’ve been asking for we can’t have it, we need to finish up on this matter. So a committee was set up to review how we would approach the matter. And the bottom line is that you are among probably the 2nd or 3rd batch of people who the university is going to let go off. It is not over. All drivers will ultimately be gone because that’s the position of the operational document”.
But the about 67 staff who were recently sacked via text messages claimed they have served the university faithfully with all their toil for between 10 to 20 years have refused to sign the severance agreement prepared by the university.
They have engaged the services of a law firm who have pointed out the illegality of the whole redundancy process to the university management.
The illegality bothers on section 65 of Act 651 (Labour Act), which prescribes that, amongst other things, the severance pay is supposed to be negotiated between the affected employees on one hand and the employer on the other hand.
The affected staff are asking to be paid 3 months Gross Salary (Basic Salary, Rent allowance plus Transport Allowance) for each year worked as the layoff is sudden and would adversely affect the quality of their life. Management also deliberately came out with new regulations canceling all accumulated leave of staff members in December 2017 on the declare staff redundant in January 2018.
According to them, their layoff is as an attempt to deny them payment for their accumulated leave.
In a voice recording, while addressing 67 persons including Junior and Senior staff who were recently sacked following claims by management it is implementing a staff rationalization exercise to reduce the wage bill and improve efficiencies in customer support, service delivery and administrative excellence, the Registrar is heard lamenting about the poor finances of the institution.
“In that document, the mandate they have given us is to reduce the staff cost by 40%. We have approximately 500 staff. So if you’re going to reduce the cost by 40%, you can imagine the number of staff that must be laid off”, he revealed.
“What we did over the last year was to try to negotiate it as much as possible to see if we could reassign people with the hope that the university numbers would expand then it will not be necessary for people to be laid off. So you see that last year twice we did quite a major set of the reassignments. It has helped only to an extent. As I am speaking our staff cost is still 2.7 million cedis and for the past 10 months, we have been running only on overdrafts.
So meeting with the council (University Council) again in December they made it clear that whatever leeway we’ve been asking for we can’t have it, we need to finish up on this matter. So a committee was set up to review how we would approach the matter. And the bottom line is that you are among probably the 2nd or 3rd batch of people who the university is going to let go off. It is not over. All drivers will ultimately be gone because that’s the position of the operational document”.
But the about 67 staff who were recently sacked via text messages claimed they have served the university faithfully with all their toil for between 10 to 20 years have refused to sign the severance agreement prepared by the university.
They have engaged the services of a law firm who have pointed out the illegality of the whole redundancy process to the university management.
The illegality bothers on section 65 of Act 651 (Labour Act), which prescribes that, amongst other things, the severance pay is supposed to be negotiated between the affected employees on one hand and the employer on the other hand.
The affected staff are asking to be paid 3 months Gross Salary (Basic Salary, Rent allowance plus Transport Allowance) for each year worked as the layoff is sudden and would adversely affect the quality of their life. Management also deliberately came out with new regulations canceling all accumulated leave of staff members in December 2017 on the declare staff redundant in January 2018.
According to them, their layoff is as an attempt to deny them payment for their accumulated leave.
President awards BECE graduates
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is awarding students who excelled in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
The BECE graduates who are from all the 10 regions of Ghana will be receiving plaque, gold medal, Samsung tablet, Certificate, cash price of One thousand Ghana cedis among prices from sponsors.
The President’s Independence Day Awards forms part of the 61st Independence Day Celebration.
The awards was instituted in 1993 to award scholarship to deserving BECE candidates.
Watch live this years’ event at the Accra International Conference Centre
Culled from Ghanawwb.com
The BECE graduates who are from all the 10 regions of Ghana will be receiving plaque, gold medal, Samsung tablet, Certificate, cash price of One thousand Ghana cedis among prices from sponsors.
The President’s Independence Day Awards forms part of the 61st Independence Day Celebration.
The awards was instituted in 1993 to award scholarship to deserving BECE candidates.
Watch live this years’ event at the Accra International Conference Centre
Culled from Ghanawwb.com
Monday 31 October 2016
'Don't Allow Greedy and Stomach Politicians to use you'
Youth in the country have been advised not allow themselves to be used by greedy and stomach politicians in the country to ruin the peace of the country as the country is preparing for general elections in December.
Rev Fr Anthony Anomah, Rector of Spiritan University College at Ejisu in the Ejisu Juaben Municipality, made the advice at the 7th Graduation ceremony of the university at the weekend at Ejisu.
He said it was time for Ghanaian youth to desist from politicians who would use use them to achieve their personal interest which could result in destroying the country's peace and stability.
He entreated them to vote for people who would put the good of the nation above selfish interest, when they are in power.
He described election as a noble and sacred exercise, however it had been corrupted in Ghana and other parts of the world of late.
' Election has become the forum for condemnation, slander, insults and propaganda. Instead of using it to choose good leaders who have the interest of the nation at heart, it has become the citadel for thieves and lawlessness', he explained.
Rev Fr. Anomah, called on the graduands to use the knowledge, skills and attitudes they had acquired during their studies to make positive and significant impact in society especially during this year's election.
He urged them to take initiatives and not to wait for jobs to be created for them rather they should be bold , innovative , daring and break the grounds by starting something small on their own.
Sixty-nine(69) students were graduated and awarded with 1st degrees and diploma certificates.
The programs they offered were Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, B.Sc.Economics and Finance, B.Sc. Finance and Management, B.A. Sociology and Economics, B.A. Philosophy and Social Science and Diploma in Philosophy and Religious Studies.
Miss Abigail Baffour Gyau, first class honours holder in B.Sc. Business Administration with banking and Finance option, thanked all those who encouraged and supported during their four years program in the university.
She hoped that the training they had gone through in the Spiritan University College had prepared them to meet the realities in the world market.
Youth in the country have been advised not allow themselves to be used by greedy and stomach politicians in the country to ruin the peace of the country as the country is preparing for general elections in December.
Rev Fr Anthony Anomah, Rector of Spiritan University College at Ejisu in the Ejisu Juaben Municipality, made the advice at the 7th Graduation ceremony of the university at the weekend at Ejisu.
He said it was time for Ghanaian youth to desist from politicians who would use use them to achieve their personal interest which could result in destroying the country's peace and stability.
He entreated them to vote for people who would put the good of the nation above selfish interest, when they are in power.
He described election as a noble and sacred exercise, however it had been corrupted in Ghana and other parts of the world of late.
' Election has become the forum for condemnation, slander, insults and propaganda. Instead of using it to choose good leaders who have the interest of the nation at heart, it has become the citadel for thieves and lawlessness', he explained.
Rev Fr. Anomah, called on the graduands to use the knowledge, skills and attitudes they had acquired during their studies to make positive and significant impact in society especially during this year's election.
He urged them to take initiatives and not to wait for jobs to be created for them rather they should be bold , innovative , daring and break the grounds by starting something small on their own.
Sixty-nine(69) students were graduated and awarded with 1st degrees and diploma certificates.
The programs they offered were Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, B.Sc.Economics and Finance, B.Sc. Finance and Management, B.A. Sociology and Economics, B.A. Philosophy and Social Science and Diploma in Philosophy and Religious Studies.
Miss Abigail Baffour Gyau, first class honours holder in B.Sc. Business Administration with banking and Finance option, thanked all those who encouraged and supported during their four years program in the university.
She hoped that the training they had gone through in the Spiritan University College had prepared them to meet the realities in the world market.
Friday 27 November 2015
OVER 150 FRESH STUDENTS OF ST. LOUIS SHS STUDY UNDER TREES
Due to inadequate
infrastructure, about one hundred and fifty fresh students of St. Louis Senior High
School in Kumasi are currently studying under trees.
This came into
light when some media persons visited the school on Monday morning to find out
with first year students had started classes.
The visit revealed that three classes were having
their lessons under trees and five of them were using uncompleted assembly hall
which was started in the year 2007 as their class rooms.
It was noted that the school had only seven official
classrooms which had already occupied by some of the first year classes.
It was also gathered that about half of the first year
students were using newly constructed Science Laboratory and ironing shed as
temporally dormitory.
It was observed that the Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
of the school was constructing 12 Unit classroom storey building and the 2 Unit
dormitory storey building which was started in the year2007 by the government
of Ghana under the Get-fund projects was still under construction.
It was also observed that as a result of the high
students’ population increased the authorities had strategized to ration the
use of the dining hall which had affected the teaching and learning process.
The dining hall which was built over fifty years ago for
16 students as beginners is now used for over 2200 students currently.
The source at the school explained that the contractors
were in a hurry to complete the projects before the first year students would
report but the projects were far from completion.
The source also indicated that even if the construction
works are completed the school might have needed additional two storey
classroom blocks to reduce congestion in the various class rooms.
Notwithstanding the challenges, the government has
supplied the school with number of mental beds and some student desks.
When the school authorities were contacted they declined
to comment and were tight-lipped.
Friday 7 August 2015
Politicians Urge to Stop Playing with the Nation’s Education
Mr. Godwin M.K. Sadzi, Chairman for the Hohoe
Municipal Conference of Heads of Basic Schools (COHBS) in the Volta Region of Ghana
has urged the various party politicians in the country to stop playing with the
nation’s education to save the nation’s education from collapsing.
He made this request in an interview with the
Educational News on Wednesday at Akyawkrom in the Ejisu Juaben Municipality
when he led members of the Hohoe COHBS embarked on a three day educational trip
to the Ashanti Region.
He explained that politicians in the country should be
blamed for the crisis and challenges schools in the country, particularly the basic
schools were facing since they had been playing politics with the management of
the basic schools.
Mr. Sadzi, observed that politicians had been
interfering in the running of basic schools in the country since independence
and it had not yielded the nation any good.
He stated that it was time for government to stop
paying lip services to the development of education rather government should
focus on performing it core duties in relation to provision of education.
He reminded the authorities of Ghana Education Service
(GES) to be ready to provide the needed teaching and Learning Materials (TLMS)
earl next academic year to avoid shortage of such materials as it happened last
academic year which forced some teachers to use part of their Salaries to buy
TLMS like chalk, Teachers Lesson Note Books, Registers and terminal report
cards to enhance teaching and learning process in their schools in the Hohoe
Municipality.
Mr. Sadzi, indicated that the trip forms part of the
Hohoe Municipal COHBS annual activity and during such trips they used the
occasion to honour dedicated and hardworking members of the association. Five
members who had retired from GES were awarded.
During the three days trip they visited Barekese Dam,
Manhya Museum, Culture Centre and GNAT Village at Abankro near Ejisu
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