Despite a strike called by three teacher unions, teachers in some Ashanti Region primary and secondary schools have been active in the classroom.
The strike is in protest of Dr. Eric Nkansah’s appointment as the new Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES).
Some teachers in the Ashanti Region, however, have yet to join the strike.
The Ghana National Association of Teachers, National Graduate Teachers, and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers declared an indefinite nationwide strike on Friday to protest the appointment of the new Director-General of the Ghana Education Service.
However, Luv News investigations at some primary and secondary schools in the Ashanti Region revealed students engaged in class activities such as teaching.
Teachers gave full-class lessons to students at Kumasi Academy and T.I. Ahmadiyya senior high schools.
When the News team visited some elementary schools, including the State Experimental Cluster of Schools, the students were returning from their first break to resume their day’s lessons.
While some classes had their teachers engage them in lessons, those who did not have tutors engaged in personal studies as they prepared for their midterm exams, which began on Wednesday.
The students in the school’s JHS 1 class were eager to meet their teacher for the next lesson, Integrated Science.
Some teachers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, have indicated that if a crucial meeting between the three striking teacher unions and the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations fails to produce a resolution, they will boycott class.
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“It is the teachers who are striking, not the students.” As a result, the school will remain open for students. However, because the strike is not strictly enforced on teachers, it is up to them whether or not to teach their students. If the strike is not called off by the end of the day, some teachers here may not be going to class starting tomorrow,” one of the school’s administrators told Luv FM’s Emmanuel Bright Quaicoe.
Students are concerned that if their teachers go on strike, it will disrupt their upcoming midterm exams.
Source: MyjoyOnline
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