The Coalition of Concerned Teachers is demanding the dismissal of Education Minister, Professor Naana Opoku Agyemang.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”yxPqoeVR4Y2QFyNqoLWr0hjPJwtZSjg3″]The Concerned Teachers indicated that her continuous stay in office is adversely affecting the standard of education in Ghana and immediate steps must be taken to rectify the problem.<\/p>\n
Making a case for her removal, the president of the group, Ernest Opoku told Citi News<\/strong>, the Ministry of Education has been unable to adequately provide the necessary academic materials to the various public schools across the country.<\/p>\n According to him, over 20,000 teachers have not been paid despite working for over two years.<\/p>\n \u201cThe whole of 2014, over 12,000 were without salaries and as I speak to you, more than 20,000 teachers have been teaching for two years without salaries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He claimed that ever since this Minister took over, \u201call issues that will really help effective teaching and learning has become a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n He said throughout the year 2014, the budgetary allocation for the Ghana Education Service (GES) which were released was far below 20 percent.<\/p>\n This, Mr. Opoku claimed, forced District Directors of Education to rely on secondary schools for A4 sheets.<\/p>\n He added that under the leadership of Prof. Opoku Agyemang, the teacher trainee allowance has been scrapped while teachers are working for over two years without the payment of salaries.<\/p>\n \u201cYou cannot do the work if you don\u2019t have the necessary logistics and so I see the Minister as very incompetent and we are appealing to President Mahama to remove the Minister,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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