The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) held its 3rd Quadrennial and 50th National Delegates Conference from January 2nd to 8th, 2010 at the Business School of the University of Ghana, Legon.

It was under the theme, “Investing in people to achieve quality education by 2015”. About 750 delegates and observers, as well as representatives of some of GNAT’s sister organizations including the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) and the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) attended the conference.

The official opening was performed by His Excellency, The President of the Republic of Ghana, and Professor J.E.A Mills at the National Theatre in Accra on January 5th, 2010.
On Wednesday, January 6th, 2010, Mr. Fred Van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Education International (EI) gave the keynote address on the topic, “Investing in education to fight the economic crisis: education Unions’ response”.

There were round-table discussions. This was done in three stages: Monday, January 3rd, 2010 through Wednesday, January 5th, 2010, topics dear to the hearts of teachers were discussed. These include, “National Pensions Act: Implementation challenges for employee organizations “,”Investing in quality educators “and “Implications of the New Education Act for Quality Education Delivery”.

The climax of the conference was the election for the five national officers who constitute the Political wing of GNAT. It was supervised by officials of the Electoral Commission. At the end it all, Mr. Paul a. Apanga was elected the President of GNAT. The Vice President slot went to Mr. Samuel Doe Alobuia. Mr. Kwame Ofori Atta got the nod for the post of the National Treasurer.
The First and Second National Trustees went to Mr. Samuel Kakra Brobbey and Mrs. Paulina Nyankah respectively.

On Thursday, January 7th, 2010 the elected National Officers underwent investiture at the forecourt of the Mensah Sarbah Hall for the University of Ghana. The Minister of Education, Mr. Alex Tettey-Enyo, officiated.
Some GNAT activists and non-teaching staff were given awards at the closing dinner.