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In response to the teachers’ unrelenting strike, a group of Ashanti region teacher trainees is calling for the temporary shutdown of all 46 colleges in the nation.
After the government broke its pledge to execute outstanding mandatory arbitration rulings, the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) staged a boycott of the classroom.
According to the students, the industrial action is having a negative effect on their mental and intellectual well-being.
All 46 of the education colleges’ classrooms are still unoccupied.
The CETAG went into industrial action on June 14. Students have suffered and academic progress has stopped as a result of the eight-week-old strike.
“We are in limbo, unsure whether to stay on campus or return home. Our academic progress is stalled, jeopardizing our future as qualified teachers. The financial burden is affecting our mental health and well-being,” Convener of the group, Manuel Opoku Duah, said.
Left stranded are the teacher trainees who are taking the brunt of the deadlock.
“As it has been more than 21 days since students have interacted with their teachers, we demand that the Colleges of Education be closed and that students be let to return home. As most of the level 400 trainees’ tenancies were set to end in October, it would make sense to take into account implementing the IN-IN-OUT system in order to facilitate their return to campus. Mr. Opoku Duah stated, “We cannot put up with this uncertainty any longer.
Concerns among the students also stem from the nonpayment of trainee allowances, which cover their living expenses for a period of six months.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
