{"id":19554,"date":"2014-05-19T14:50:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T14:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=19554"},"modified":"2014-05-19T17:39:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T17:39:23","slug":"students-unhappy-about-potag-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/students-unhappy-about-potag-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Students unhappy about POTAG strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some students of the Cape Coast Polytechnic have complained about the indefinite strike by the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) and are adamant the on-going strike is adversely affecting studies and upcoming exams.<\/p>\n
The national association executive of POTAG announced a nationwide strike on Friday over arrears in the payment of their outstanding book and research allowance for its members.<\/p>\n
The book allowance of Polytechnic lecturers currently stands at $1,500 per year per lecturer, while the research component stands at GH\u00a2400.<\/p>\n
The strike has left many students in a fix as they cannot tell \u00a0when their lecturers will be returning from strike.<\/p>\n
“\u201cWe have still not been informed when they are coming back” One told Citi News.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News, the students pleaded with the government to intervene as they risk vacating late “the government will have to do something about the strike action\u00a0<\/span>we don\u2019t know when we are starting our exams and also when we are going for vacation so it is a big problem for us.”<\/span><\/p>\n By: Benjamin Epton Owusu\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some students of the Cape Coast Polytechnic have complained about the indefinite strike by the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) and are adamant the on-going strike is adversely affecting studies and upcoming exams. The national association executive of POTAG announced a nationwide strike on Friday over arrears in the payment of their outstanding book […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":6142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[57],"yoast_head":"\n