The Ghana Education Service says it is not responsible for most of the labour agitations in the sector.
Most of the institutions, including the Polytechnics have embarked on a series of demonstration this year.
Lecturers in the country’s Polytechnics embarked on a three week strike in June and asked their students to proceed on a compulsory recess.
The Deputy Director-General of the Service, Stephen Adu explained that most of the challenges that drive teachers to strike are labour issues which fall under the labour commission, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, National Pensions Regulatory Authority and the Ministry of Finance.
“We are working on our professional challenges but sometimes when it comes to the labour issues it becomes very difficult for us to address because there are other agencies which have to come in which might not directly be under the Ministry of Education for that control.” Mr. Adu explained.
According to him “labour issues are becoming more rampant and existent due to global awareness.”
He therefore asked these agencies to quickly resolve the various labour issues so that the education sector can focus on providing quality education.
“As far as education is concerned the awareness is now being created so people are now becoming more interested in education,” Mr. Adu added.
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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