Teaching and learning have stalled in most schools in the Upper West Region with teachers abandoning classroom in compliance with the strike action.
A visit by homeradionews.com to some Schools in the Upper West Region revealed that the strike action undertaken by the teacher unions affected teaching and learning.
Pupils were seen playing outside the classrooms without the supervision of teachers.
Some of the Schools visited are, Limanyiri Model JHS and Primary, Falahiya JHS and Primary and others within the Wa Municipality.
Four teacher unions in Ghana have declared a nationwide strike over the government’s failure to meet the June 30 deadline they gave it for the payment of their Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).
The unions are the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) and Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT).
“We have been compelled under the current circumstances to publicly communicate to Ghanaians on our intention to go on strike having gone passed the June 30 deadline we gave government for the payment of Cost of Living Allowance. Consequently, we have decided to embark on strike from today, Monday, July 4, 2022. By this, we are informing the general public that we are withdrawing services in all the pre-tertiary education institutions. This includes teaching and non-teaching staff,” leadership of the unions declared at a joint presser on Monday, July 4, 2022.
General Secretary of GNAT, Thomas Musah, who read the statement said the teacher groups are disappointment at government’s failure to heed their calls.
The teachers are fighting for the payment of between 20% and 30% of their salaries as a Cost of Living Allowance.
