The Ministry recently received clearance from the Finance Ministry to replace, recruit and re-appoint 22,802 teaching and non-teaching staff for the 2017/2018 academic year in first and second cycle institutions across the country.

[contextly_sidebar id=”yzwDjlSkfLRFE8hXQUpR5pXPaZaGqZLT”]But the Public Relations Officer for the Distance Education Students, David Fianu, said their checks indicate that none of their members has been recruited, a situation he said has created a huge backlog of unemployed distance education graduates.

“Our question is on what grounds are they also saying that those who obtained their certificates by distance and sandwich will not be considered. We want to get an explanation of that statement. We don’t understand why they want to limit recruitment to only college students. The letter we had was that there was a limited recruitment for teaching staff. And in that letter they stated that candidates who obtained their certificates by distance and sandwich will not be considered.”

“Now we felt bad because the University of Cape Coast sets questions for college students.  The same university is preparing people from the distance programme. It means that we all get the same experience and all the necessary skills they need in the teaching field. So why will the Ghana Education Service now limit recruitment to only college students? That is our concern,” he added.

DESAG further charged the Ministry to explain the format it used for the recruit exercise.

We can’t employ more public sector workers

This comes on the back of government’s revelation that it can’t employ more public sector workers.

Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, who made the disclosure in August 2017, said government does not have the capacity to employ more public servants.

“The public sector is full in terms of employment, [and] we can’t employ anybody in the public sector,” he said.

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This, according to the DESAG leadership is making the UCC distance education system unattractive to prospective applicants and continuing students in Northern Ghana.

The association’s President, Ziblim Mohammed Lamin raised this concern at a day’s seminar in Tamale which brought together members across the region.

He therefore appealed to the university authorities to consider the construction of the UCC Tamale campus as crucial.

He insisted that the situation continued to cause discomfort when organising social programmes for DESAG members.

“The university authorities need to fast track the construction of the Tamale campus in order to ease our burden,” he underscored.

Ziblim Mohammed Lamin revealed that facilities at the Tamale College of Education (TACE) where the UCC distance education programmes takes place are not enough.

“Sometimes it is very difficult to get access to some facilities such as meeting places.”

He also bemoaned the frequent errors detected in the compilation of quiz results and the delay in correcting such errors.

He nonetheless encouraged the association’s members to strive and become self-employed graduates.

“Venture into small and medium enterprises with the knowledge and skills that you will acquire from the seminar instead of waiting for government or some private institutions to employ you after completing your courses of study.

The DESAG National Vice President, Fuseini Mohammed Soale emphasized the need for members to take up regular internships in different organisations.

He touted Ghanaian students as potential key drivers of the nation’s socio-economic progression.

He pleaded for enough resources to organise regular seminars for the association’s members estimated to be 45,000 nationwide.

The seminar sought to build participants capacity in entrepreneurship and leadership.

Female participants took advantage of the event and improved their skills in soap and beads making.

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