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 GES revises schools calendar back to 3-term system. Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum Google search engine The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has directed that the academic calendar of public schools be reverted from the semester system to the trimester system. The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Thursday, January 13 announced new dates for reopening of public schools from kindergarten to senior high schools. Basic schools to reopen Tuesday, January 18 The dates implied that all basic schools would run a semester system, a decision which came as a surprise to major teacher unions. Therefore, on the eve of reopening of schools across the country, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Assocaition of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concenerd teachers, Ghana (CCT-GH) and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) – forming the Unions in Education – kicked against the move citing no knowledge about the decision. “Such a major

 Visual Arts Students Can Now Offer Engineering In Univ As Min. Of Educ. Launches One Year Pre-University Course for Non-Science SHS Graduates.   In a Facebook post, Minister of Education Doctor Osei Yaw Adutwum confirmed the launching or inauguration of a game Changer scheme for all Secondary Schools in the country. According him, the game Changer is a one year pre- engineering program to train Secondary school graduates with non science backgrounds to pursue science related courses in tertiary institutions. He added that, this training will go a long way in equipping the students with potentials to enter into the university to pursue engineering courses. This will really help Visual Arts Students to go through this one year program to be prepared to offer Engineering Courses. Over the years visual arts students and other non science students have been unable to offer engineering and other related courses in the university due to their requirements. This one year course is therefore a

Management of the Ghana Education Service has commenced a 3-day Cluster Based Training for Junior High School (JHS) teachers on Common Core Programme Curriculum across the Country. According to the schedules, the training workshop is set to begin from Wednesday, 12th January, 2022 to Friday, 14th January, 2022 at designated centres withn each GES Metro/Municipal/District Directorate. According to GES, following the decision to ensure full implementation of the Common Core Programme (CCP) in the impending Academic year, there is the need for Cluster Based Training for all Junior High School . In view of this, the Ghana Education Service (GES) is inviting all JHS teachers to the above – mentioned Workshop. Regional Directors of Education are kindly requested to communicate this information to all Metro/Municipal/District Directors to invite all JHS teachers to fully participate in this all important training programme. This includes all newly posted JHS teachers. Each Metro/Municipal/Dis