{"id":33127,"date":"2014-07-20T20:35:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T20:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=33127"},"modified":"2014-07-20T20:35:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T20:35:33","slug":"ges-not-responsible-for-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/ges-not-responsible-for-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"GES not responsible for strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ghana Education Service says it is not responsible for most of the labour<\/span> agitations in the sector.<\/p>\n

Most of the institutions, including the Polytechnics have embarked on a series of demonstration this year.<\/p>\n

Lecturers in the country\u2019s Polytechnics embarked on a three week strike in June and asked their students to proceed on a compulsory recess.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Director-General of the Service, Stephen Adu explained that most of the challenges that drive teachers to strike are labour<\/span> issues which fall under the labour<\/span> commission, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, \u00a0National Pensions Regulatory Authority and the Ministry of Finance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working on our professional challenges but<\/span> sometimes when it comes to the labour<\/span> 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.\u201d Mr. Adu<\/span> explained.<\/p>\n

According to him \u201clabour<\/span> issues are becoming more rampant and existent due to global awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n

He therefore asked these agencies to quickly resolve the various labour<\/span> issues so that the education sector can focus on providing quality education.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as education is concerned the awareness is now being created so people are now becoming more interested in education,\u201d Mr. Adu<\/span> added.<\/p>\n

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By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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