NTC adds new award category to Ghana Teacher Prize

A new award category dubbed the ‘Teacher in Leadership’ award has been included in the 2022 edition of the Ghana Teacher Prize (GTP), the Registrar of the National Teaching Council (NTC), Dr Christian Addai Poku has disclosed.

Speaking a the 2022 Teacher Prize launch the theme “The Transformation of Education Begins with Teachers”, he said the new category is to acknowledge and appreciate outstanding leadership traits in Ghana’s educational sector.

BUY 2023 WASSCE RESULTS CHECKER HERE

The Most Outstanding Teacher in Leadership will get a saloon car, First Runner-up gets a cash prize, Second Runner-up gets a cash prize,” the Executive Director of the Teaching Council told stakeholders at the launch.

Other major categories of the awards are the Most Outstanding Teacher Dr Addai said will get a 3-bedroom apartment, with the first runner-up getting a 4×4 Pickup vehicle and the second runner-up also going home with a saloon car

“For the Non-teaching category, the Best Non-teaching Staff will be awarded with a car, first runner-up gets a cash prize and the second runner-up who gets a cash prize,” Christian Addai Poku noted.

The 2022 Ghana Teacher Prize (GTP) is the 27th edition since its establishment in 1995 and the 5th since its rebranding from Best Teacher Award to Ghana Teacher Prize in 2018 to conform to global standards.

The Ghana Teacher Prize according to Minister for Education is aimed at celebrating and honouring teachers for their efforts and letting them know their efforts are being appreciated by the President and the country as a whole.

With Top 23 Finalists for this year’s Ghana Teacher Prize. The winners of this prestigious award scheme will be announced at a National Durbar on October 05, 2022, which coincides with World Teachers’ Day.

This year’s celebration will take place in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital. There will be a two-day symposium which will offer the platform for short-listed awardees to showcase their groundbreaking experiences before the national durbar. It also offers the platform to discuss topical education issues.