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Education Minister inaugurates new 12-member GES Council

The GES Council is to provide strategic leadership and oversight for Ghana’s pre-tertiary education sector. The council is chaired by former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Professor Mawutor Avoke. Other members of the council are Dr Rosemond Wilson (West African Examinations Council - WAEC), Professor Azeko Tahiru Salifu (National Schools Inspectorate Authority - NASIA), Mr Adam Adu Marshall (National Teaching Council - NTC), Professor Yayra Dzakadzie (National Council for Curriculum and Assessment - NaCCA), Rt. Rev. Paa Solomon Grant-Essilfie (Teacher Association – rotational representative) and Mrs Mamle D. Andrews (Chief Director, Ministry of Education). Others are Mrs Felicia Dapaah Agyeman-Boakye (Local Government representative), a representative from Faith-Based Organisations, Adamu Bintu Fati (Non-Teaching Staff of GES representative), Florence Bobi (Female Educationist) and Professor Ernest Kofi Davis (Director-General, GES). In a statement the Ministry of Education indicated that the newly constituted council formation reflects a renewed commitment to educational […]

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Ghana Vice Chancellors Advocate Raising University Lecturers’ Retirement Age from 60 to 70

Vice Chancellors Ghana has called on the government to review and extend the retirement age for university lecturers from 60 to 70 years, citing the need to retain experienced academics and strengthen the country’s higher education system. Speaking at a forum, the Executive Secretary, Dr Sena Kpeglo Freiku, argued that in today’s global knowledge economy, experienced university lecturers remain invaluable assets whose contribution often matures with age. According to him, the proposal seeks to address a widening gap in faculty numbers and ensure that academic excellence is maintained across the country’s universities. “Universities form part of a global knowledge economy,” Dr Freiku said. “The university professor is more like the older, the better. What we are proposing is that in order to ensure the long-term capacity of universities and also to promote social autonomy, if the committee could consider maybe extending […]

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