Labour Commission directs striking teachers to return to the classroom and engage government within 24 hours

The National Labour Commission has directed aggrieved teachers to call off their strike and meet with government on their grievances within twenty-four hours.

The Commission also directed government, led by the Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum to, within two months, distribute the teachers’ laptops to them.

The National Labour Commission gave the directive after its meeting with representatives of the striking teachers and the government.

The Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum who represented government said, ”we have concluded with the NLC and they have ruled that the ministries of Education and Employment should meet with the labour unions tomorrow at 2:00pm to resolve their grievances.”

President of the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT), King Ali Awudu who spoke on behalf of the teacher unions said, “it has been agreed that by the end of June, all laptops will be distributed and by 8th of June, the scheme of service with the GES will be addressed and the Ghana Education Service should adopt steps with the Office of the Special Prosecutor to get the salaries paid to the teachers”.

By Daniel Opoku

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