The Honourable Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has made it clear that headteachers of basic schools must stay at school despite the strike action by teacher unions to demand the cost of living allowance (COLA) During an exclusive interview on Pure Fm on Saturday 9th July 2022, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum made it … Read more
The National Council of Parent Teachers Association (NCPTA) has called on the government to speed up negotiation with the striking teachers now to reduce the atrocities in the schools. According to the NCPTA in a statement, the current strike by the teacher unions in Education has brought about a lot of challenges in the schools … Read more
The president of Ghana H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has pleaded with the teacher unions in Education to call off their strike action for the sake of JHS students who are set to write their Examination in a few months. Speaking at the Eid Al Adha Celebration at the Independence Square in Accra on … Read more
The government side and the organized Labour group held an emergency meeting on Friday 8th of July 2022 to deliberate on the Cost Of Living Allowance demanded by teachers. The Government, represented by the Ministers for Employment and Labour Relations, Finance, Education, and National Security on one hand; and Organised Labour on the other, held … Read more
The Educate Africa Institute (EAI) has asked the teacher unions in Education to Teachers must demand 100% increments of salaries and must be more serious this time around. If they call off this strike unsettle most Ghanaians will keep mute in teachers’ matters again. . Mr. William Boadi the Chief Executive Officer of the Educate … Read more
A Labour Expert Mr. Boakye Yiadom Amponsah has called on the government to sack or terminate the contract of any teacher who fails to go to school on Friday 8th July 2022 on demand of COLA. Speaking on Neat Fm in Kumasi yesterday, Thursday 7th July 2022 Mr. Boakye Yiadom Amponsah responding about teachers embarking … Read more
The president of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Mr. Angel Carbonu has stated that if the government goes to court to secure an injunction on teacher unions’ strike action over the Cost Of Living Allowance they will set that injunction aside. Mr. Angel Carbonu speaking on Eyewitness News explained that if the government … Read more
The Honourable Member of Parliament for Tamale North Honourable, Alhassan Suhuyini has stated that the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) that is demanded by the teacher unions in Education is long overdue. According to Suhuyini, the demand for (COLA) by GNAT, NAGRAT, CCTGH, and TEWU is necessary looking at the current economic hardship in the … Read more
The Ranking Member of Education in parliament Dr. Clement Apaak has called on the management of the Ghana Education Service to close down Schools should teachers’ strikes last for more than two days. According to him, this will ensure the safety of the children in school whiles their teachers are not around. Addressing the press … Read more