{"id":714964,"date":"2019-10-02T15:48:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/02\/8-coe-councils-inaugurated\/"},"modified":"2019-10-02T15:48:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:48:46","slug":"8-coe-councils-inaugurated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/02\/8-coe-councils-inaugurated\/","title":{"rendered":"8 COE Councils Inaugurated &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nMinister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has inaugurated the Governing<br \/>\nCouncils of some eight Colleges of Education (COEs) in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nschools are Gbewaa, St. John Bosco, Kibi and Tamale Colleges of Education. <\/p>\n<p>Others<br \/>\nare Mt. Mary, St. Theresa, Holy Child and Gambaga Colleges of Education. <\/p>\n<p>Each<br \/>\ncollege will have a 13-member Governing Council. The minister led the chairmen<br \/>\nand members of the various councils to take the oath of office and that of<br \/>\nsecrecy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Approval of Salaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Addressing<br \/>\nthe council members, the Minister of Education advised the councils not to<br \/>\narrogate to themselves the power of determining services of condition and<br \/>\nsalaries of staff of their respective institutions.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nstated that the law had given such powers to the Fair Wages and Salaries<br \/>\nCommission (FWSC) and the councils must respect that. Besides, he cautioned the<br \/>\ncouncils to be circumspect in promoting staff of their institutions. <\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nsaid any promotion done must stand the test of time and not just done in an<br \/>\nattempt to favour some people. <\/p>\n<p>Dr.<br \/>\nPrempeh further urged the councils to help the government to uplift the images<br \/>\nof the schools. He charged them to initiate policies that would bring total<br \/>\nreforms to their various institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nminister reiterated the upgrade of COEs in the country into degree institutions,<br \/>\nsaying every new reform was bound to face some challenges. He urged the<br \/>\ncouncils to do their part in helping the government to tackle such anticipated<br \/>\nchallenges head-on.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nnewly sworn in councils shall be headed by Sheikh Alhaji Ali F. Ibrahim for<br \/>\nTamale COE, Mr. Kolbilla Dimbe Dan, Gambaga COE; Rev. Fr. Dr. Casimir Adjei,<br \/>\nSt. Theresa\u2019s COE; and Most Rev. J. Afrifa-Agyekum for Mt. Mary COE. <\/p>\n<p>Others are Prof. Emmanuel V.O. Dankwa, Kibi COE; Most Rev. Alfred Agyenta, St. John Bosco COE; Mr. Patrick Seidu, Gbewaa COE; and Most Rev. John Bonaventure Kwofie, Mt. Mary COE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Nana Kwasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has inaugurated the Governing Councils of some eight Colleges of Education (COEs) in the country. The schools are Gbewaa, St. John Bosco, Kibi and Tamale Colleges of Education. Others are Mt. Mary, St. Theresa, Holy Child and Gambaga Colleges of Education. Each college [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":705476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-714964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>8 COE Councils Inaugurated - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/02\/8-coe-councils-inaugurated\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"8 COE Councils Inaugurated - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has inaugurated the Governing Councils of some eight Colleges of Education (COEs) in the country. 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