Teacher unions on strike are steadfastly refusing to end their walkout until a 20 percent COLA is paid.
Following their demand for a 20% cost of living adjustment, COLA, the country's striking teacher unions have been urged to end their strike.
Last Friday, July 8, 2022, President Akufo-Addo pleaded with the Unions to return to the classrooms because their strike is having a terrible impact on the pupils.
In a statement, the National Labour Commission urged the unions to end their strike in order to allow time for a judgment on their demand.
Thomas Musah, General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers, GNAT, responded to that by stating that there won't be a need to argue the points till the discussions are finished.
Austin Gamey, a labor expert, warns that if the government and teachers don't have a candid discussion about the future, the teacher unions' industrial strike might have disastrous effects on both groups.
To prevent widespread unrest, he claimed the government must approach the problem from all angles.
School directors have been impelled to calculate on National Service Personnel in the absence of the striking preceptors( NSP).
presently, four schoolteacher unions are striking in kick of their demand for the 20 Cost of Living Allowance( COLA).
According to Kwasi Kwarteng, a prophet for the Ministry of Education, the use of NSP is a part of a contingency plan set up to alleviate the impact of the strike.
I'm concerned that National Service employees are on duty and working with the directors of education on specific academy management, both in native and non-indigenous settings, he added. This has to do with the backup plan.
He claimed that the Ministry is working to come up with a solution so the preceptors can resume their jobs.
We aim to address the matter raised by our schoolteacher unions as quickly as we can so that everything can get back to normal. But we're saying that before any next engagement we have, we value and will continue to appreciate that they at least soften their stance and have a sympathetic attitude," he prayed.
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