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Lambussie MP asks gov’t to listen to striking teachers

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A Member of The Parliamentary Select on Education and Member of Parliament for Lambussie in The Upper West Region has charged the Government to listen to the striking Teachers to avert an escalation of the challenges.

According to him, what’s happening could be described as a national crises because, “our children are going to suffer and the government must not allow this happen to them”.

Dery Edward Kaale-Ewola in an interview with gbcghanaonline.com noted that, The Ghana Education Service (GES), Ministry of Education (MoH), Ministry of Labour Relations and other stakeholders to quickly call on teachers and address their grievances amicably.

He stressed that, education is paramount and “we must not shake that for anything”.

Mr. Kaale-Ewola singled-out the Sector,m Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh and tasked him, to consider the children before, responding to teachers.

Three Teacher Unions consist of The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and The Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) are currently on strike.

The nationwide industrial action commencee expected  effectively Monday, December 9, 2019 over a number issues including payment of arrears.

Arrears, they said have been approved for payment by the Controller and Accountant General’s Internal Audit Unit but the monies are yet to release to them.

The groups have also described as sad, the inability of the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Public Services Commission to facilitate their promotions.

According to the NAGRAT for instance, the failure of the Public Service Commission to amend their records has led to delays in promotional interviews.

For CCT, they have been demanding that the GES promotes teachers who are due for promotion and upgrade salaries of teachers who are due for the same.

They again appealed to GES to reinstate  their members who were sent away for minor offences and others who are first-time offenders.

They made these public at a joint press conference, held in Accra.

Story filed by Edzorna Edzorna Mensah

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