Gov't to license teachers next year

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BRO DAN -TRC 11 years ago

BLESSED PEOPLE OF AFRICA, DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA; -'TO THEM WHO THINK HE IS ALIVE, YOU CAN REJOICE AND REJOICE AGAIN. TO THEM WHO THINK HE IS DEAD, YOU CAN WEEP AND WEEP AGAIN. ...
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BLESSED PEOPLE OF AFRICA, DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA; -'TO THEM WHO THINK HE IS ALIVE, YOU CAN REJOICE AND REJOICE AGAIN. TO THEM WHO THINK HE IS DEAD, YOU CAN WEEP AND WEEP AGAIN. BUT WE -(KNOW)- HE IS -(ALIVE)-, WE WILL REJOICE AND REJOICE AGAIN. SELAH. HUMANITY; HEAVEN IS REJOICING OVER THE BLESSED SOUL OF -REV KUSI BRIMPONG AND I REJOICE! MAY THE SOUL OF REV KUSI BRIMPONG REST WITH THE LORD TILL WE MEET AGAIN. MAY THE SOUL OF 'KING DAVID' HIS EXCELLENCY -JOHN'- EVANS FII ATTA MILLS: MY FATHER, MY PRESIDENT AND MY FRIEND, REST WITH THE LORD TILL WE MEET AGAIN. MAY THE SOUL OF HIS EXCELLENCY NELSON ROLIHLAHLA -MADIBA- MANDELA REST WITH THE LORD TILL WE MEET AGAIN. HUMANITY; OF A TRUTH; "IT IS FINISHED", -"OCCUPY TILL I COME". SELAH.
TOGETHER WE CAN! WITH GOD, WE CAN!GOD BLESS AFRICA, YOUR NATION AND HUMANITY TO "OCCUPY" AS COMMANDED UNTIL THE END AGAINST THE THE GLOBAL MAN-MADE "JACOB'S TROUBLE" INVENTED BY FELLOW MEN FOR HUMANKIND. AND, GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA.
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MUCH THANKS TO -GHANAWEB- FOR THE SPACE. AND TO -"ADOM" FM FOR THE LORD'S SONGS AS WE REMEMBER REV KUSI BRIMPONG.
S. Peprah. Lecturer in UK 11 years ago

There are three things I would like to say about this article:
1. The licensing authority is NOT the Government! It is the National Teaching Council of the Ministry of Education – Civil Service! Governments will come and g ...
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There are three things I would like to say about this article:
1. The licensing authority is NOT the Government! It is the National Teaching Council of the Ministry of Education – Civil Service! Governments will come and go but the council will remain. If we accept this fact, then policies made during the term of a particular government will remain after the term of office has past.
2. Dr Tawia, I would like to say the certification should be issued once. There should rather be ongoing compulsory Continuous Professional Development (CPD) at regular interval for all registered teachers.
3. Infrastructural development must be a priority. No matter how trained a teacher is, he or she would be limited in teaching if the facilities being used are limited.
I could be reached for possible inputs through: sypeps@gmail.com
S. Peprah. Lecturer in UK 11 years ago

Correction:
2. Dr Tawia, I would like to say the certification should be issued once. There should rather be ongoing compulsory Continuous Professional Development (CPD) at regular intervals for all registered teachers.

Correction:
2. Dr Tawia, I would like to say the certification should be issued once. There should rather be ongoing compulsory Continuous Professional Development (CPD) at regular intervals for all registered teachers.
Askia 11 years ago

Why are we Ghanaians always quick to implement everything from the white man. Have you asked your serves how much teachers in Canada are paid? Availability of teaching materials? Do they ignore their teachers in curriculum de ...
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Why are we Ghanaians always quick to implement everything from the white man. Have you asked your serves how much teachers in Canada are paid? Availability of teaching materials? Do they ignore their teachers in curriculum development? Do they use two years rather than three years as we are made to believe in Ghana(SHS)? We don't even know when our SHS students will be returning from vacation because We cannot tell when feeding grant for the three Northern Regions will be given. If you have resources to licence teachers rather use it to feed the future leaders of this country but don't over burden the already angry and hungry hard working Ghanaian teachers who can hardly depend on their salaries.
KEN 11 years ago

The plot is to train teachers to meet the canadian standard so that they can recrute them to teach in canada .

The plot is to train teachers to meet the canadian standard so that they can recrute them to teach in canada .
Sakawa Churches 11 years ago

God save Ghana from predator "prophets"

God save Ghana from predator "prophets"
COS90 11 years ago

All professional have certificates and license but not to renew them as said by Dr. Tawiah. The state revokes one's license if she or he misconduct her or him self. Dr. Tawiah, does medical doctors renew their license? why yo ...
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All professional have certificates and license but not to renew them as said by Dr. Tawiah. The state revokes one's license if she or he misconduct her or him self. Dr. Tawiah, does medical doctors renew their license? why you wants teachers to renew their license?
Solomon 11 years ago

This is bullshit. Teachers are not the cause of the economic hardships in the country. First you scrapped the teacher trainee allowance and now you are talking about certifying and licensing.
What criteria are you going to ...
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This is bullshit. Teachers are not the cause of the economic hardships in the country. First you scrapped the teacher trainee allowance and now you are talking about certifying and licensing.
What criteria are you going to use to do that? What if one fails to meet the criteria though that person may be a professional,what then becomes of that person. YOUR GOVERNMENT WILL GO AND LEAVE US WITH YOUR DANGEROUS POLICIES.
S. Peprah. UK. 11 years ago

Solomon, This is a very important thing being done. It should have be done in 1960. Teaching is a profession and certification is one of the key things you find in any profession. I have taught in many countries. Wherever I g ...
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Solomon, This is a very important thing being done. It should have be done in 1960. Teaching is a profession and certification is one of the key things you find in any profession. I have taught in many countries. Wherever I go I am made to get certified before I get recognised as a Professional Teacher. The National Teaching Council of the Ministry of Education is putting right something which has been done right in this Ghana. Getting teachers certified should not be put on hold because of the 'economic hardships' in the country. If anything at all we should commend the National Teaching Council of the Ministry of Education for this initiative. Politics should not be part of this Please.
S. Peprah. UK. 11 years ago

....is putting right something which has NOT been done right at all in Ghana.

....is putting right something which has NOT been done right at all in Ghana.

Wofa 11 years ago

I am also a Lecturer in a UK University and understand where you are coming from. However you seem to forget that our teacher to student ration is a shame....
Even in the UK, as you can see, there are systems that helps to ...
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I am also a Lecturer in a UK University and understand where you are coming from. However you seem to forget that our teacher to student ration is a shame....
Even in the UK, as you can see, there are systems that helps to bring on board non certificated "teachers". We need more teachers trained before this can be effective, but under the present condition where teachers training allowances are being withdrawn.... hmmmmmmmmmm
K. Obeng 11 years ago

To begin with, I want to make one point clear. All teachers in Ghana are certificated, what is left is licensing which will give teachers their professional titles. It is all good, but the butom line is to make the profession ...
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To begin with, I want to make one point clear. All teachers in Ghana are certificated, what is left is licensing which will give teachers their professional titles. It is all good, but the butom line is to make the profession attractive. without the attraction teachers or any other profession will be treated as it is. if you manage to make "kayayo" attractive, people will love be kayayos, respect it and work to maintain its integrity. It is about time we stop the lips service as a nation and get serious. Canadian teachers have one of the best pensions in the world, what can we say about Ghanaian teacher? "retire to die". change things from "only politicians count", and all Ghanaian professionals abroad will be willing to come back home to serve our own people.
KKB, UK 11 years ago

It is not true that all teachers in Ghana are certified. In my village and many of the villages around it most of the teacher are ''pupil teachers''=untrained teachers!

It is not true that all teachers in Ghana are certified. In my village and many of the villages around it most of the teacher are ''pupil teachers''=untrained teachers!
K APPIAH 11 years ago

dr tawiah or whatever you call yourself leave teachers alone to breath.it is u and your mahama clueless govt who need certification and renewal to continue to be in govt.instead of you to think of advising you useless mahama ...
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dr tawiah or whatever you call yourself leave teachers alone to breath.it is u and your mahama clueless govt who need certification and renewal to continue to be in govt.instead of you to think of advising you useless mahama to pay your colleague utag and potag lecturers allowances to go back to teach,look at the useless suggestion that u are giving to your hopeless mahama to add to the already frustration situation of teachers,leave them alone
Kojo 11 years ago

For three years some teachers have not been paid. What is the National Teaching Council (NTC) doing about that? How does the NTC expect the unpaid teacher to register for certification? Almost half of Ghanaian teachers are "p ...
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For three years some teachers have not been paid. What is the National Teaching Council (NTC) doing about that? How does the NTC expect the unpaid teacher to register for certification? Almost half of Ghanaian teachers are "pupil teachers". They teach in areas where trained teachers do not go. Will these "pupil teachers' be affected by the certification policy? What if they fail? Who is going to fill that gap? Will Dr. Tawiah go to Afram plains and teach? You people sit in Accra and talk nonsense. I am sure you wanted to please your Canadian benefactors but you ended up making a fool of yourself.
KEN 11 years ago

Thank you KOJO ,These educated fools should all be shipped to canada ,School without desk ,School without books ,School under mango tree and teachers not being paid .And now we have this bush doctor trying to find another wa ...
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Thank you KOJO ,These educated fools should all be shipped to canada ,School without desk ,School without books ,School under mango tree and teachers not being paid .And now we have this bush doctor trying to find another way of stealing money from the education purse .
Lord Tennison 11 years ago

I concur.Very wonderful introduction.
The ministry of health should also adopt this practice so the RUDE nurses who think that they are doing a favor to the patients and as a result turn to show off,will be taught ETHICS to ...
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I concur.Very wonderful introduction.
The ministry of health should also adopt this practice so the RUDE nurses who think that they are doing a favor to the patients and as a result turn to show off,will be taught ETHICS to change their mentality.
Continuing Education(CE) classes are so valuable and they keep you up-to date.Renewal fees are a source of income which can be used for some improvements.
GNAT 11 years ago

Apparently the worst of Mahama’s governance is yet to come. What has licensing of teachers got to do with the deteriorating economic and social crisis in the country? As things stand now, this regime is broke and therefore ...
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Apparently the worst of Mahama’s governance is yet to come. What has licensing of teachers got to do with the deteriorating economic and social crisis in the country? As things stand now, this regime is broke and therefore cannot even provide basic teaching and learning materials including chalks and attendance registers to basic schools. GETFund is in arrears while Senior High Schools nationwide are likely not to resume on schedule for the 2015/2015 academic year due to government's failure to pay grants and subventions to schools and education offices. For close to two years now hundreds of graduate teachers employed by the GES have not been paid for their labour. I think this government is clueless and useless. Teachers are not responsible for the bad governance of the country.
A. A. Joseph 11 years ago

after license and certification what next?
you have promoted mass promotion in schools years and want to shift your poor policies to teachers

after license and certification what next?
you have promoted mass promotion in schools years and want to shift your poor policies to teachers
Ghana Ba 11 years ago

Tweeeeaaaaaaa pay the teachers and stop this nosense GES...............aaaaaaah a poor village teacher without any relative and havn't paid for 2yrs how can that teacher feed his or her (self )

Tweeeeaaaaaaa pay the teachers and stop this nosense GES...............aaaaaaah a poor village teacher without any relative and havn't paid for 2yrs how can that teacher feed his or her (self )

agbablu 11 years ago

bull shit.license for what?of what use is this shit here.we need money and u are talking on license.tweaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ...
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bull shit.license for what?of what use is this shit here.we need money and u are talking on license.tweaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
foolish man 11 years ago

this is foolish talk

this is foolish talk
Kobby 11 years ago

Am confused by this article,what happens to d people who are graduate teachers but not professional yet.

Am confused by this article,what happens to d people who are graduate teachers but not professional yet.

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