Ensure the well-being and safety of the students – GES instructs heads of schools amidst mass strike
Heads of the various Senior High Schools have been instructed by the Ghana Education Service to mobilize their management to ensure the well-being and safety of students in the various schools.
GES further instructed heads of basic schools not to shut down their facilities, despite the ongoing industrial action by teachers.
This instruction comes after the leadership of all the various teacher unions in the Pre-Tertiary Education Sector embarked on a nationwide industrial action due to the government’s failure to grant them a 20% cost of living allowance amidst the current high inflation rate, and increases in the price of goods and services, among others.
The Ghana Education Service revealed that it has invited the striking teachers for a meeting to discuss the development and the way forward.
It further urged parents and guardians to remain calm following the industrial action taken by the four teacher unions.
Meanwhile, the Ghana TVET Service says its teaching personnel are not part of the strike being carried out by the four teacher unions.
According to the Service, their teachers are at post providing the needed skills and training to students.
