The Former NDC Parliamentary candidate for Oforikrom Constituency in the 2020 general elections, Henry Osei Akoto, has asserted that the teaching profession in Ghana is under threat.

Speaking on the current happenings within the teaching profession, Henry Akoto stated that the living conditions of teachers in the country is gradually getting worse.

“The profession is under threat and that is the current state of our country.”
Henry Osei Akoto

According to him, the current government has disappointed the country’s teachers since they were promised a great deal of privileges, should they win the elections. He stated that Ghana has become very difficult and is not getting better but always getting worse all because of the current administration.

“If someone can say things are going on smoothly in this Ghana, then I don’t know the exact section of the country that person comes from. They have lied to us all. They told our grandparents, our children and the market women that we were going to live in comfort. They claimed we sat on riches when they were in opposition. Now that they are in power, our economy has declined drastically.”
Henry Osei Akoto

Education system worse

The former Parliamentary Candidate, averred the nation’s education system has become worse. Following the change of the Secondary education level system to that of a double track system, he indicated that government has not provided teachers and students with text books for two years to guide their studies.

“Today our educational system has been transformed into a ‘double-track’ system. Our teachers keep suffering and I blame them although they were deceived by the government with allowances. Government tends to scare them when they share their concerns. If you’re not scared then you’ll be transferred. Everyone is on strike.”
Henry Osei Akoto

One of the professional teaching bodies on strike is the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) who has indicated that until it’s demands are addressed, it would continue to withhold their services.

GRASAG Appeals to UTAG

However, the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has appealed to the government to resolve the issues that have resulted in the strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana.

A statement issued by GRASAG indicated that if the issues are left unresolved, per the statute, public universities will have to shut down after 21 days of non-academic work.

“We wish to passionately appeal to the government to as a matter of urgency to take immediate steps to meet the demand of UTAG to enable academic work to resume.”
GRASAG

GRASAG urged government to expedite the steps involved to call off the strike action by the Association and appealed to UTAG to consider the plight of students and resume work since academic work will be affected.

“It is the hope of GRASAG that government will respond swiftly to the resolution of this feud for academic work to be restored as soon as possible.”
GRASAG