A group calling itself All Teacher Alliance Ghana (ATAG) has slammed the three teacher unions for selecting a strike over tye appointment of Dr. Eric Nkansah as the Director General of the Ghana Education Service.
The Alliance says the reasons for the strike by the three teacher unions have no basis, no merit and are unfounded.
Albert Dadson Amoah, General Secretary of the Alliance said it was time for teachers to focus on issues that can improve the state of the teaching profession rather than those that only benefit a small group of privileged individuals.
Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, he said the call for the dismissal of the new GES director is just for a few groups of people to make money and satisfy their selfish interests.
He said the assertion that the new GES boss lacked competence is false since he has worked in the education sector and gathered the needed experience.
He noted the teacher unions have no justification in demanding the dismissal of the new GES direction.
He said
when the teacher unions realized that their strike was unnecessary and counterproductive, they quickly distributed information to their members, claiming to have consulted them and including other concerns that ATAG voiced.
This raises significant doubts regarding the veracity of the strike and the motivation behind it. Although we have no trouble critiquing appointments, teacher unions shouldn’t be driven to only call for strikes with pointless demands.
ATAG thinks that the DG’s achievement is a team effort, not an individual endeavour. We are unable to object to the young DG’s appointment because he has not yet started working and we are unsure of his value. We urge the teacher unions to choose another route in their pursuit of hearings and redress, to halt the knee-jerk strike, and to at the very least treat teachers with dignity. They must also apologize to their members for launching a strike that dampens rather than energizes them.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
