Articles from Ghana
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Standards and working conditions 1 March 2024 Transformative impact: Learning Circles for Formative Assessment support teacher leadership and student learning across Ghana
Thirty-six primary school teachers across Ghana’s Central, Ashanti and Upper East region have taken part in the Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) Project to identify promising formative assessment practices that address issues that are unique to the country’s context.
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Standards and working conditions 31 August 2023 Promising formative assessment practices proliferate in Ghana
Teacher-led learning circles are places of reflection, where teachers come together to discuss and plan how to trial different forms of formative assessment in their classrooms in the hope of ultimately identifying promising practice.
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Leading the profession 1 August 2023 Teachers as change agents and knowledge creators
Dr. David Frost
The HertsCam Network is currently playing an enabling role in the ‘Teacher-Led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment’ project led by Educational International and funded by the Jacobs Foundation. At HertsCam, we are committed to ‘non-positional teacher leadership’ in which any teacher can be empowered and enabled to lead the development...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 June 2023 Strengthening education in Africa: uniting for tax justice and increased public funding
Educators in Africa came together for the Education Financing Forum: Go Public! Fund Education in Accra, Ghana from 21-22 June. The event, held in collaboration with the TaxEd Alliance, aimed to strengthen education unions' capacity in advocating for fair and just taxation to fully fund public education systems.
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Leading the profession 9 April 2023 Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment – First network event held for facilitators in Ghana
The Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment project began in Ghana in early March after months of careful preparation by the country’s national researcher Dr. Christopher Yaw Kwaah with the support of Education International and HertsCam .
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Leading the profession 5 February 2023 Teacher-Led Learning Circles on Formative Assessments: Supporting teachers’ professional development and leadership around the globe
Education International, the global federation of education unions, is launching the Teacher-led Learning Circles on Formative Assessments project with funding from the Jacobs Foundation. The project aims to provide teachers with tools and support to identify and establish effective teacher-led formative assessment practices that can be disseminated within and across...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 October 2022 Ghana: Campaign against privatisation and commercialisation of education
The multi- education union initiative aims to counter privatisation and its harmful impact on education
Taking stock of results achieved, member organisations of the Campaign Against the Privatisation and Commercialisation of Education (CAPCOE) have deplored an expanding privatisation of education – especially at basic level – in Ghana’s remote areas, they welcomed the teacher’s higher level of training as well as the reduction of the...
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 August 2022 Ghana: unions win improved living conditions for public service workers
The Agreement on a cost-of-living allowance (COLA) concluded on 14 July between the Government of Ghana and workers’ unions and associations within the public sector in this country gives all public sector employees increased remuneration.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 July 2021 Raise your hand for better policies: How global partnerships can help transform policy dialogue
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed new policy challenges to public education systems and exacerbated long-standing ones. How can the Global Partnership for Education contribute to solving these complex policy puzzles? Join the conversation.
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Union renewal and development 8 March 2021 International Women’s Day 2021
International Women’s Day 2021
International Women’s Day 2021 -
Union growth 5 March 2021 Africa: Governments must act urgently to protect educators and build stronger education systems
During its virtual meeting from 23-25 February, the Education International Africa Regional Committee (EIARC) urged regional governments to act swiftly to ensure decent living and working conditions for educators. Proactive measures were needed to guarantee quality education on the continent in the face of challenges including the pandemic, terrorism, and...
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News 17 December 2020 Women’s network consolidates fight for gender equality
Women’s network consolidates fight for gender equality
Women’s network consolidates fight for gender equality -
Future of work in education 30 November 2020 Online Training for AWEN Members
Online Training for AWEN Members
Online Training for AWEN Members -
Fighting the commercialisation of education 25 November 2020 New resources for education financing launched
NORRAG Special Issue 05
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Union renewal and development 4 November 2020 Ghana National Network Holds Seminar to Increase Awareness About New ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment At Work
Ghana National Network Holds Seminar to Increase Awareness About New ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment At Work
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Union growth 21 October 2020 “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.
Cherine Sabry
Unions and governments have been in conflict since the dawn of time. The mere existence of unions as a force to defend workers’ rights where governments fail to do so in and of itself leads to this conflictual relationship. In Africa, unions have rarely been consulted during the COVID-19 crisis...
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Union renewal and development 14 October 2020 Member organisations celebrate World Teachers’ Day
Member organisations celebrate World Teachers’ Day
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Union renewal and development 10 October 2020 Obituary: Marcus Balslev
Obituary: Marcus Balslev
Obituary: Marcus Balslev