EI delegation visits Employment, Education Ministers

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April 22, 2009
A FIVE-member delegation from Education International (EI), a global federation of teachers and educational workers unions has paid courtesy calls on the Minister of Employment and Manpower Development, Mr Stephen Amoanor Kwao and the Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo.
The delegation which was led by the President of the Africa Region of EI, Mrs Irene Duncan-Adanusah, was to introduce the Deputy General Secretary of EI, Mr Charlie Lennon and the EI Chief Regional Co-ordinator of Africa, Mrs Assibi Napoe to the sector ministers.
It was also to solicit the assistance of the two ministers to assist the EI to regularise the stay of its foreign staff who would be working in the country.
Other members of the delegation were: Mr Dan Ayim-Antwi, an executive member of the Africa Region of EI and General Secretary of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) as well as Mr Kwame Alorvi, President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and an affiliate of EI.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mrs Irene Duncan-Adanusah, who is also the Vice President of EI and General Secretary of GNAT, announced that the Africa Region office of EI had been moved from Togo to Accra, and that it was in that light the officials were being introduced to the ministers.
Mr Lennon said Ghana was chosen for the establishment of the office as a result of its potential to develop.
He said EI was concerned with the promotion of education from early childhood to the postgraduate level, adding that there were 75 million children out of school world wide.