The Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS) has called on the \u00a0Polytechnic Teachers\u2019 Association of Ghana (POTAG) to call off their four-month old strike.<\/p>\n
According to GNUPS, their support of POTAG\u2019s strike was based the belief that their demands were legitimate.<\/p>\n
Polytechnic teachers all around the country have been on strike for over 16 weeks in protest of the government\u2019s decision to stop the payment of book and research allowances to teachers.<\/p>\n
However, \u00a0GNUPS believe \u00a0that the government\u2019s recent show of commitment towards finding a solution to POTAG\u2019s four-month-old strike should be reciprocated.<\/p>\n
The government has said it will scrap the book and research allowance\u00a0 and replace it\u00a0 with the national research fund, which would require teachers to apply for funding to undertake their research.<\/p>\n
And speaking in an interview with Citi News<\/b>, the Coordinating Secretary of GNUPS, Kwame Amponsah,<\/b> applauded the efforts made by the government and called on POTAG to call off its strike.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow that the government has openly come out to rescind its decision of not paying [the book and research allowances], they [POTAG] should call off the strike and come back to complete the academic year.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that \u201cit is very worrisome that POTAG is shifting their position.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Amponsah added that \u201cPOTAG cannot leave the [polytechnic] students halfway,\u201d having had their support from the beginning of the strike.<\/p>\n
The call comes a day after \u00a0the President of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of\u00a0Ghana (POTAG), James Dugrah, on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/b> on Tuesday, had said that the teachers\u00a0 will not return to the classroom unless the government pays their book and research allowance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you know want goes into teaching; if you don\u2019t research can you go and teach? If you don\u2019t research how can you just get up and go and be teaching\u2026,\u2019\u2019 he told the host of the show, <\/em>Bernard Avle.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS) has called on the \u00a0Polytechnic Teachers\u2019 Association of Ghana (POTAG) to call off their four-month old strike. According to GNUPS, their support of POTAG\u2019s strike was based the belief that their demands were legitimate. Polytechnic teachers all around the country have been on strike for over 16 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":19046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1553,722,38,16],"yoast_head":"\n