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WHO WE ARE
Protecting the interest of all Ghanaian students both home and abroad.
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) was formed in the year 1962 and has since had the central aim of protecting the interest of all Ghanaian students both home and abroad. NUGS works directly with the Ministry of Education Ghana. As such, the union has in successive years taken up various initiatives, projects and programs to ensure that the student life and experience for the youth in our country is a pleasant one. The union is a democratic, non-partisan and progressive mass movement of students, both in Ghana and abroad, championing a common course. We are also committed to advocating to inculcate a high degree of patriotism and nationalism in our students to prepare them adequately for the future of our country.
Aims & Objectives
These objectives are drafted with the various concerns of students in perspective. Paramount amongst our aims include, to protect and safeguard the interest of Ghanaian students and offer a common platform for discussion of various issues pertinent to student life, as well as gathering student views on national and international issues.
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Our Mission
We believe that education must positively address the needs of both students and the economic, social, cultural, and political development imperatives and needs of our country. We also believe that education must be accessible to all people regardless of race, religion, sex, age, and other external factors.
Our Vision
To create a significant space for student involvement and to provide altruistic services to ensure that all students and young people achieve their goals. NUGS is a welcoming and active non-partisan student organization that encourages creativity and success, with outstanding representation of students at all academic levels and a commitment to promoting equality in educational and social opportunities in a free and democratic Ghanaian environment.
OUR UNION
Blocs Of The Union
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GRADUATE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF GHANA
GRASAG National is a student-led, not-for-profit association, with a mission to advocate for all graduate students for a safe, supportive, respectful, accessible, and inclusive community that fosters the multi-faceted roles played by graduate students. All graduate students in the various universities in Ghana are automatically members of GRASAG National, with the right to vote in elections (and run for office!), and serve on committees.
Motto: Partners in National development through research and practice.
Slogan: Graduate Students, the panacea to development
The Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) is a non-profit organization registered under the Companies Code, 1963 (Act 179). It was started in the year 1993 to promote, improve and coordinate postgraduate studies and the lives of the students pursuing these studies in all tertiary
institutions in the country. The association also champions the course of member institutions in fighting for their rights and privileges in the laws of Ghana or the statutes establishing the respective universities of members.
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UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF GHANA
The University Students’ Association of Ghana (USAG) is the mother body for all universities (private and public) in Ghana. USAG is an acronym for University Students’ Association of Ghana, with over thirty-five (35) university institution members. In July 2000 came into existence this honorable Association. Over the years, It has been an apolitical and a non – profit organization that does not discriminate (tribe/ethnicity, religion, race, etc.). USAG comes second to the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS).
USAG works at mobilizing and harnessing the human and intellectual potential and capacity of the various University communities and channeling them into valuable/positive projects and activities. Our mission is to contribute our quota, as an academic and intellectual body, to the national, continental, and global development agenda through constructive engagement with the people, agencies, and organizations which have a stake (direct or indirect) in the socio-cultural, economic and political growth, progress and transformation agenda. The association believes among many
things that we owe our society the duty of contributing to the building of a strong foundation that in a few years will see the country benefit tremendously. Over the years USAG has been involved in Advocacies, Campaigns, Project initiatives and implementation, Information dissemination, and capacity building programs that focus on areas including:
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GHANA NURSES AND MIDWIFERY TRAINING ASSOCIATION
The Ghana Nurse and Midwife Trainees Association is the official voice of student nurses and midwives including interns in Ghana.
The association covers all issues on welfare, discipline, and
academics. The association is organized under national, zonal, and local sectors with responsible executives at each level.
GNMTA’s membership consists of about three thousand nurses and midwives including students and interns. Though student unions of nurses and midwives have existed from the inception of nursing training in Ghana, GNMTA was officially registered in September 2007 under the provisions of Sections 27 and 28 of the companies code of the Republic of Ghana.
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TEACHER TRAINEES ASSOCIATION OF GHANA
TTAG is a democratic, non-partisan independent association of teacher Trainees in Ghana. Which respects the freedom of its members. Currently the association seeks the welfare of 46 colleges.
This bloc has spearheaded and championed the welfare of teacher trainees for more than 26 years now and still counting. The motto of the Association is TTAG; A MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT. The teacher trainees association of Ghana is a well structured bloc of the union that seeks to; To champion the cause of Teacher Trainees in Ghana. To promote co-operation, understanding and friendship among students of the colleges of education in Ghana and other students‘ bodies both in Ghana and abroad so far as their aims and objectives of such bodies do not conflict with those of TTAG.
To promote high academic, professional and moral standard among Trainees. To encourage social programmes among Teacher Trainees. To serve as the mouthpiece of Teacher Trainees. To assist the authorities of Colleges of Education in Ghana to develop the College and help find solutions to problems as and when they arise
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GHANA UNION OF PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS
The Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS) is a democratic, non-partisan, non-sectarian mass movement of professional students in Ghana.
The union’s perspective encompasses all democratic, revolutionary, progressive ideals and principles, including those against imperialism, poverty, corruption, racism, tribalism and illiteracy, for national development and socio-economic progress.
The Union has been a powerhouse for student activism since its inception, offering support to member institutions and individuals under its umbrella.
The union was founded in the early 1990s but formally began official activity in 2001 after approval by its parent union, the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), and currently has 48 higher education institutions spread across the country, with its members largely having a membership of
over 2 million students.
OUR LEADERSHIP
Behind The Scenes
Projects & Programs
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NAVIGATING TURBULENT TIMES: NUGS-UK ADDRESSES ANTI-IMMIGRANT RIOTS
The National Union of Ghana Students-UK (NUGS-UK) has issued a statement expressing grave concern over the recent surge of anti-immigrant riots in various parts of
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NUGS PRESIDENT LEADS GHANA’S DELEGATION AT THE UNESCO’S 46TH WORLD HERITAGE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FORUM IN INDIA
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) is proud to announce that our esteemed President, Mr. Daniel Oppong Kyeremeh represented Ghana at the 46th Session
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NUGS Applauds NSS and Parliament for Swift Passage of the National Service Authority Bill
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has expressed its profound appreciation to the National Service Scheme (NSS) and the Parliament of Ghana for their