The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG), has petitioned the Education Ministry for an extension of the semester\u2019s academic calendar to enable them make up for the time lost following the ongoing strike by their teachers.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, the National President of the Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana, Jonathan Apam, explained that an extension of the academic calendar had become necessary in order for the students to stand a better chance of passing their upcoming exams.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”8wk9QSqP5ViGsch8L13lMGJ3Pf9jmT33″]\u201cThey should postpone the academic calendar from where it has been scheduled for because exams are upcoming. Institute of Education should look into the academic calendar. No government institution or stakeholder will say, when students pass out of the result of the strike, they will only say they didn\u2019t learn and that’s how come they failed or were sacked out of the colleges \u201che said.<\/p>\n The trainees had earlier warned that if government fails to ensure the return of their tutors to the classrooms soon, they would be forced to take other steps to bring pressure to bear on the administration.<\/p>\n Jonathan Apam, at the time, described the consequences of the strike as dire, hence the need for government\u2019s immediate intervention.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are trying to propagate the effects of it [strike] because it appears government is not aware of how the strike is affecting students. For about two, three weeks now, our teachers have not been teaching. This is the time that second years are doing all methods of teaching. This is the time that we have newly admitted students. This is the time that trainee teachers in the basic schools doing their teaching practice are supposed to be supervised. If we fail\u2026 we will be sacked. Cape Coast or Institute of Education will not care whether there was a strike or not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n