The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) on Monday, donated 35 life jackets valued at GH¢4,000, to basic school teachers in seven island communities in the Keta municipality.

The beneficiary teachers commute daily from their places of residence elsewhere in the municipality to schools in Bomigo, Genui, Fuveme, Hatorgodo, Wenyagor, Lawoshime and Agorviwofe.

The jackets were presented by Mr Thomas Mensah, Head of Membership Education Department of GNAT, Accra, to Mr David Kattah, Volta Regional GNAT Chairman, at the river bank at Tunu, prior to a tour of the islands by the GNAT team.

Mr Mensah said that the safety of teachers in the deprived communities were of paramount concern to the association, adding, “It is only when our teachers feel safe at their duty posts that they can deliver quality education.”

Mr Mensah stated that GNAT would provide more life jackets and other necessities to teachers in the area soon, to boost their performance in the classrooms.

Pursuant to that, he said that the association was looking into the possibility of acquiring a modern vessel on the river, for use exclusively by teachers in the area.

Mr Mensah gave the assurance that GNAT would constantly be in touch with basic schools in deprived communities, and attend to their needs in pursuance of the fourth Sustainable Development Goal.

At Bomigo, the Assistant Headmaster of the E.P. Basic School, Mr James Atideku thanked GNAT for the support, saying the gesture was highly touching.

The jackets, he said, would definitely help to boost the morale of the teachers and enhance their output, saying: “We hope GNAT officials will visit us here regularly to identify our challenges at first hand and assist us accordingly.”

The assistant headmaster appealed to GNAT for sports kits to support extra-curricular activities in the school, stressing, “In spite of the deprivation, we do very well during competitions with other schools, so we will surely get to greater heights when we are supported with the kits.”

FROM ALBERTO MARIO NORETTI, TUNU

Source:ghanaiantimes.com.gh

June 12, 2019

The Ghana National Commission for UNESCO and Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) marked the 2020 edition of the World’s Largest Lesson with a training workshop for selected teachers in the Greater Accra Metropolis.
The World’s Largest Lesson is observed every year to ensure that every child in the world grows up knowing and caring about the Sustainable Development Goals and is inspired to take action to help achieve them. So far it has reached millions of children in over 100 countries.
The full day workshop comprised activities like orientation on the 17 SDGs and practicals on integrating and adapting the resources and Teaching Learning Materials into lessons.

Speaking at the workshop, Mr Palham Oyiye , Research Officer and National Coordinator on Early Childhood expressed GNAT’s appreciation to the Commission for the collaboration and said he looks forward to more of such in the future.
Participants also spoke of their satisfaction with the programme, adding that they will use the learning and resources from the workshop in their teaching.
Pictures of the event can be found in our gallery.

Visit https://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/ to find resources and training materials for educators.

Source: unescoghana.org/worlds-largest-lesson-2020/

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) have declared a strike. The nationwide industrial action is expected to take effect from Monday, December 9, 2019. According to them, checks have revealed that their arrears have been verified and approved for payment by the Controller and Accountant General's internal audit unit but the monies have not been released yet.

They claimed that the Ghana Education Service blamed the delay in releasing the monies on discrepancies in the verified data.

Speaking to the media, the President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Philippa Larsen said teachers deserved better.

 

“We are not prepared to see our teachers suffer as a result of somebody’s negligence. Our pleas have fallen on deaf ears and the status quo remains. We cannot continue to tolerate this. Indeed, for how long shall they ignore our members. The teachers – the purveyors of education, don’t expect us to continue to look on. We can’t stand this. In light of this development, the Ghana National Association of Teachers, National Association of Graduate Teachers, Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana, do hereby today [Thursday] declare a strike by our members effective Monday 9th December 2019.”

This is not the first time this year that the teacher unions have embarked on such industrial action to press home their demands.

The groups had also bemoaned the inability of the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Public Services Commission to facilitate their promotions.

According to NAGRAT for instance, the failure of the Public Service Commission to amend their records has led to delays in promotional interviews.

For CCT, they have been demanding that the GES promotes teachers who are due for promotion and upgrade salaries of teachers who are due for the same.

It also called for the reinstatement of their members who were sent away for minor offences and others who are first-time offenders.

Source: citinewsroom

Teachers in deprived island communities in the Ada East District in the Greater Accra Region have called on the government to improve school infrastructure, provide teachers bungalows and ensure timely distribution of supplies and logistics to encourage the retention of teachers posted to the schools on the island.

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says the decision by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to sideline teacher unions on discussions regarding the organisation of vacation classes for Form 2 Senior High School (SHS) students is a clear violation of the collective agreement which set forth the conditions of service relating to salaries, wages, hours of work among other things.