my Radio G-Live CETAG strike undermines Ghana’s tertiary education system – Prof Abdulai
Written by GliveRadio Accra on July 24, 2024
Prof. Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, Acting Director General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), has voiced concern over the ongoing strike by the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), indicating that it is detrimental to the country’s tertiary education system.
Since June 14, CETAG members from all 46 Colleges of Education nationwide have been on strike. This action follows the government’s refusal to implement their arbitral award and conditions of service, resulting in students vacating their campuses.
In an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on the ‘Face to Face‘ program on Channel One TV, Prof. Abdulai remarked, “This continual strike by CETAG does not bode well for the tertiary education system that we aspire to.”
The Acting Director General of GTEC has urged CETAG to reconsider their strike, emphasizing that it undermines the appeal of the institutions.
“I will plead with them that look we cannot continue to bastardise our institutions in this manner of continual perennial strikes because the more you go on strike the more you make your institutions unattractive,” he articulated.
