Teachers in the Amenfi East District of the Western Region, have pulled out from this year\u2019s Independence Day celebration.<\/p>\n
Their decision follows\u00a0a comment made by the District Director of Education for Amenfi East, Alexis Matipah, on an Accra-based radio station describing them as \u201cincompetent\u201d and blockheaded.<\/p>\n
The teachers took the\u00a0decision when all attempts to get the director to apologize proved futile.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, Convener for the teachers, Isaac Owusu Konadu, said they cannot work with the District Director anymore.<\/p>\n \u201cThis man doesn\u2019t regard teachers; he will insult and humiliate you.\u00a0 When he was called on Adom FM in Accra, he was asked why he set his own questions instead of asking the teachers to do that. He told the station that all the teachers in the district are block-headed and they are incompetent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mr. Konadu said they subsequently told the Deputy Minister of Education, Alex Kyeremeh, that not until they\u00a0get an apology from the Director, they were not taking part in the upcoming Independence Day celebration.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat will happen is that, on Sunday no teacher will be on the field, we will attend our various churches. We can\u2019t work with the man again; he has disgraced us to the highest level,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n