The three teacher unions have declared a strike to demand the removal of the newly appointed Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr. Eric Nkansah.
The unions including National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT) had declare the strike today November 4, 2022 indicating the deadline given to the government to rescind its decision.
The teacher unions have since opposed governments appointment of Dr Nkansah, according to them do not have the qualifications to assume the office.
Dr. Nkansah was appointed on October 19, 2022 by President Akufo-Addo.
Addressing the media, President of GNAT, Rev. Isaac Owusu said they will not call off the strike until government addresses their concerns.
“It is unacceptable for a banker to be appointed as a Director-General of the Ghana Education Service instead of an educationist at the same time when many teachers who did the same courses and related ones were rejected by GES because it is not related to education.”
“We stated that both the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service should apologize to teachers for accepting the very qualifications they rejected when teachers presented them…We have been compelled under the current circumstances to publicly communicate to Ghanaians on our intention to go on strike, having reached the November 4 deadline we gave the government. Consequently, we have decided to embark on strike from today, Friday, November 4, 2022. By this, we are informing the general public that we are withdrawing all our services in all the pre-tertiary institutions,” he added.
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations however have invited the union to a meeting to help find an amicable resolution to the impasse.
