The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is advising parents to keep their children at home.
The Ashanti Region Chairman for GNAT, Prosper Tachie, explains that teachers will not return to classrooms for at least the whole of this week and there is no point in sending the children to sit in empty classrooms.
Mr Tachie says the strike is likely to continue until the government is willing to grant teachers’ request for a 20% cost of living allowance.
Classrooms have been empty across the nation in public schools over the past two days and are likely to be empty for the rest of the week due to a strike announced by GNAT on Monday, July 4.
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Mr Tachie revealed that this week’s strike is only the first part of GNAT’s negotiating plan.
He was speaking to David Akuetteh on Luv In the Morning.
Mr Tachie disagreed that teachers are insensitive to strike when the country has entered into a loan program with the International Monetary Fund.
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