Ministry Of Employment And Labour Relations Sends Out Important And Urgent Message To Teachers over their intended strike.
This, and many more contained in the statement issued, reads:
It has come to the attention of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) that the pre-tertiary education sector unions are threatening to embark on industrial action over the appointment of a new Director-General for the Ghana Education Service (GES).
Given the long standing relationship between Government and the Unions, the Ministry hereby invites the Minister for Education and Leadership of the Unions concerned to a meeting in the Conference Room of the Ministry on Friday, 4′ November, 2022 at 10:00 am to discuss and find amicable resolution to the impasse.
By this invitation the Ministry entreats all stakeholders to exercise restraint whilst the matter is being amicably resolved.
Many thanks for your usual cooperation.
HON. IGNATIUS BAFFOUR AWUAH (MP)
MINISTER
Below is the release from TEACHER UNIONS
Teacher Unions To Announce Strike Over New GES Boss; Issues Date For The Strike Action -Check Out Here
The controversy over embattled Director-General (DG) of Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah, continues to deepen as four teacher unions threaten to go on strike on November 4, 2022.
Addressing a press conference, the President of Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana, King Ali Awudu, told the media that stakeholders in education namely GNAT, NAGRAT, CCT and TEWU are still not happy about Dr Eric Nkansah’s appointment and are not ready to work with him.
According to the teacher unions, failure of the President to revoke the appointment will lead to serious industrial action on November 4, 2022.
“Brouhaha about the dismissal of the DG of GES Prof Opoku Amankwa and other issues affecting the education service that we were dealing with Prof Opoku Amankwa have come to a halt. We will like to say that the recent dismissal and the subsequent appointment of the new DG of the GES is sad.
“It is sad in the sense that the argument is being made to make it appear that there’s nobody in the education space who has the set of skills needed and capable enough to be appointed as DG of GES. We are told that the Minister for Education informed the presidency that the set of skills of the just dismissed DG of GES is no longer required.
It beats one’s imagination how the skills of an educationist are not needed in the management of education but that of a banker is? Mr Awudu lamented.
CCT-Ghana described happenings at the GES as very unfortunate.
The group bemoaned why the minister is trying to turn the GES into that kind of administration.
Mr Awudu opined: “Let’s make it clear, against what the minister is saying that Dr Eric Nkansah has taught in a primary school before and he has also taught geography in a certain SHS before, the schools we don’t even know.
Manuelnewsgh.net
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