The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned its teaching staff not to let their teaching schedules suffer at the expense of political activities ahead of the 2016 polls.
The GES has said it will sanction any teacher who violates the directive according to its professional code of conduct.
“We duly inform our staff to be very circumspect and go about their normal duties desisting from involving themselves in political issues that will have conflict of interest with the job they do,” the Director General of the GES, Jacob Kor, said to Citi News’ Franklin Badu Jnr.
According to Mr. Kor, the provisions of the 1992 constitution and the professional code of conduct of the service bars teachers from using teaching hours to engage in political activities.
“It is stated categorically that any public servant who has interest in political activities must ensure that his personal interest must not conflict with his job performance,” he reminded.
Mr. Kor explained that the time with which teachers engage in their political agendas “must not be at the disadvantage of the children and the work they have been assigned.”
“So it means that if you are going to be involved in political activities between 8:30 an 4:30 when you are supposed to be in the classroom or you are supposed to be in the office, it is conflict of interest and that is what we are against,” he added.
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana