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• Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

  Where else in AFrica is the lecturer given a book and research allowance

  Where else in AFrica is the lecturer given a book and research allowance

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• Joe 11 years ago

  It doesn't matter, Ghanaians are always the pacesetters.

  It doesn't matter, Ghanaians are always the pacesetters.

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• BETTER GHANA 11 years ago

  How can u implement research fund within such a short period without any consultation?

  How can u implement research fund within such a short period without any consultation?

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• Asibey 11 years ago

  Because they are the team B ministers, they lack the skills,

  Because they are the team B ministers, they lack the skills,

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• GHANANI 11 years ago

  Dr Bekoe should stop citing what is obtained in Britain as an example. Has Ghana got the financial clout to do what is obtained in Britain? What has the nation so far benefitted from the payment of the research and book allo ...
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  Dr Bekoe should stop citing what is obtained in Britain as an example. Has Ghana got the financial clout to do what is obtained in Britain? What has the nation so far benefitted from the payment of the research and book allowances to lecturers to warrant the establishment of a Research Council? The government has every right to review the research and book allowance if in its present form it is not benefiting the nation.

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• Maxwell 11 years ago

  Oh! ignorance is an unfortunate deficiency. Google is a search engine from which many of the publications of Ghanaian lecturers could be accessed for free. How do our universities have professors, associate professors and sen ...
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  Oh! ignorance is an unfortunate deficiency. Google is a search engine from which many of the publications of Ghanaian lecturers could be accessed for free. How do our universities have professors, associate professors and senior lecturers if the B&R allowance is irrelevant? You definitely need education.

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• Lodon 11 years ago

  True Ignorance or people are refusing to think. If conducting research and publishing from such research are the requirements for promotion, then people should know that lecturers are conducting research: lecturers are gettin ...
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  True Ignorance or people are refusing to think. If conducting research and publishing from such research are the requirements for promotion, then people should know that lecturers are conducting research: lecturers are getting promotion from Assistant lecturer to Lecturer, from lecturer to Snr Lecturer, from Snr Lecture to Assoc Prof, and from Assoc Prof to Prof.

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• joe 11 years ago

  My friend Ghanani, you make a got point there; government does not have the financial clout to do what is obtained in Britain. Unfortunately you shot your own argument down. I don't think you are aware of the volume of resear ...
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  My friend Ghanani, you make a got point there; government does not have the financial clout to do what is obtained in Britain. Unfortunately you shot your own argument down. I don't think you are aware of the volume of research done by these lecturers which are just hanging in shelves for the same reason of no funds to implement the findings. Nobody is saying government cannot vary one's condition(s) of service, but at least there should be that courtesy to alert the persons you want to vary their condition(s) of service. Even if government wants to give workers a bonus or increase salary of workers, government negotiates with the workers first, let alone you want to take away some of their negotiated for benefits. Another anathema for the national research fund stems from the bad historical antecedents we have had with the managemnt of similar national funds. My friend, just take a cursory look at some of such funds: TALIF, COTVET, GETfund, NHIA,etc. My friend Ghanani, even the almighty GEtfund and NHIA which are funded from VAT (Any time I buy a bottle of beer or any item in the market I invariably contribute to this funds, even part of my SSNIT contribution goes to fund the NHIA) and yet these funds are on their knees begging for resuscitation. For sure, my friend, the national research fund is just another window for corruption and later setting up of a presidential commission to investigate the circustances surrounding the loot. I urge UTAG and POTAG to gird their loins to resist this obnoxious policy. I am sorry for this call but the lack of moral and conscience in the management of resources in Ghana is just a heartache, you are likely to develop a BP (high blood pressure) if you want brood over this issues. Oh God, where are you? why let Ghanaians alone manage their own resources and fate, God, even cholera is killing us, please God extend your merciful management hand to handle our national affairs, or else God Ghanaians shall disgrace you ooh,amen.

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• BOY90 UK 11 years ago

  Govts paid RBA even when no oil was discovered our lecturers are one of the lowest paid yet they produce the Doc, politicians etc who earn more than even the VC's. $100,000 appearance fee in chartered plan to footballers is n ...
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  Govts paid RBA even when no oil was discovered our lecturers are one of the lowest paid yet they produce the Doc, politicians etc who earn more than even the VC's. $100,000 appearance fee in chartered plan to footballers is not a problem please increase the RBA to $3000 is even per year.oh Ghana

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• Kwame 11 years ago

  Is there anything called negotiation proposals, if there is any of the parties that want a change in the conditions of service will include it in the proposal, not before the date the proposals are supposed to be due. If earl ...
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  Is there anything called negotiation proposals, if there is any of the parties that want a change in the conditions of service will include it in the proposal, not before the date the proposals are supposed to be due. If earlier it means that negotiations will commence earlier.

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• Jackson 11 years ago

  IGNORANCE:
  If Ghana has no financial strength to replicate something in the UK, then we should forget of the National Research Fund cos one the reasons for the fund is that Ghana one of the few countries in the world that h ...
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  IGNORANCE:
  If Ghana has no financial strength to replicate something in the UK, then we should forget of the National Research Fund cos one the reasons for the fund is that Ghana one of the few countries in the world that has no such a fund.
  And if we don't have the cash, how will govt implement the policy. Imagine Lecturer (remember this is national fund and every Ghanaian can access it, so it is not only for Lecturers) submitting a proposal….. very doubtful is this is visible. It will create more problems. Setting up a National Fund without a policy document and legislative instrument. We are jokers. No wonder despite our Middle income status, we still having cholera outbreaks

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• Lodon 11 years ago

  Where is the cash for the FUND? Think about what is happening to the common fund to the district assemblies, and you can make a good guess if Ghana is capable of managing a refund for the number of lectures we have in Ghana p ...
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  Where is the cash for the FUND? Think about what is happening to the common fund to the district assemblies, and you can make a good guess if Ghana is capable of managing a refund for the number of lectures we have in Ghana plus other people who may want to access the fund. Yes, not all lectures will access it, but since their promotion will depend on it, government can't manage it

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• Dikuru 11 years ago

  All over the world reserchcouncils exost and the problem of disciplinary specialisation does not arise. Please do not copy British o r American or whatever system. lets develop something authentic for once that is suited to t ...
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  All over the world reserchcouncils exost and the problem of disciplinary specialisation does not arise. Please do not copy British o r American or whatever system. lets develop something authentic for once that is suited to the Ghanaina situation. This is where I have problem with UTAG, They are supposed to be the cream but they talk like people who have no clue about relaities of rsearch and scientific investigation. In the xurrent climate what is called for is interdisciplinary questions addressing the Ghanaian needs and not this kind of empty question about I am a social scientist and the Council is packed with people from Natural Sciences. Give me a break

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• Gandalf 11 years ago

  THE WHOLE IDEA IS BORN OF 'TERKPERNOMICS', WHOSE KEY DOCTRINE IS THE SLASHING OF ALLOWANCES THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. THE SO-CALLED NRF IS SOLELY AN ATTEMPT TO CUT MONIES GOING TO SOME CATEGORIES OF WORKERS BECAUSE IN THEIR VIE ...
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  THE WHOLE IDEA IS BORN OF 'TERKPERNOMICS', WHOSE KEY DOCTRINE IS THE SLASHING OF ALLOWANCES THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. THE SO-CALLED NRF IS SOLELY AN ATTEMPT TO CUT MONIES GOING TO SOME CATEGORIES OF WORKERS BECAUSE IN THEIR VIEW THOSE MONIES PAID OUT ARE NOT IMPORTANT AND A WASTE. THAT IS WHY THEY ARE DOING IT BY IMPOSITION.IT WILL NEVER WORK. COME 2016, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE MONEY THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE BRF IS MORE THAN AVAILABLE FOR POLITICIANS TO USE TO GARNER VOTES. CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY...

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• Kwamina Andrews 11 years ago

  UTAG should publish how much money has been received and how much quality peer-reviewed research has been produced. If the outcome is good, then it's worth it. If they use the money to buy gas, then cancel it. Nowhere in the ...
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  UTAG should publish how much money has been received and how much quality peer-reviewed research has been produced. If the outcome is good, then it's worth it. If they use the money to buy gas, then cancel it. Nowhere in the world are academics given money for research. You have to apply for competitive grants with proposals.

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• Maxwell 11 years ago

  That is not their responsibility, block head!

  That is not their responsibility, block head!

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• Lord Tennison 11 years ago

  Leave the professors alone to concentrate on preparing the leaders of tomorrow.Why doesn't John Mahama and the hopeless NDC government use the yentua,yentua and takashie inferior tactics when it comes to paying fraudulent jud ...
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  Leave the professors alone to concentrate on preparing the leaders of tomorrow.Why doesn't John Mahama and the hopeless NDC government use the yentua,yentua and takashie inferior tactics when it comes to paying fraudulent judgement debts?

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