Agona Swedru(C/R), March 4, GNA - About 200 Basic
School teachers in the Agona West Municipality on Thursday
staged a peaceful protest march through the principal streets
of Agona Swedru to register their displeasure against the
Single Spine Salary Structure. The protesters carried placards some of which read,
"Poisonous Single Spine, 93Professor do little", 93Atta Why",
"Atta must resign", 93teachers are not happy" and 93Atta has
deceived us". The three-hour protest march ended at the Ghana
Education Service (GES) offices where Mr Ransford Ogoe,
Secretary of the Agona Swedru Senior High School branch of
the Ghana National Association of Graduate Teachers
(NAGRAT) presented the resolution on behalf of the teachers. Mr Nelson Otu-Asamoah, Deputy Director of Education in
charge of Finance and Administration of the Agona West
Municipal Directorate of the GES, received the resolution on
behalf of Mr Obeng Ampadu, Agona West Municipal Director
of Education. Mr Otu-Asamoah assured the teachers that the resolution
would be forwarded to the appropriate quarters. The resolution stated that the 93teachers will not be able to
escort the students for the Independent day celebration on
Sunday March 6 if the mistakes in their salaries were not
corrected immediately". It said the teachers would also embark on a sit down strike
pending concrete response from the government, adding that
they cannot invigilate the Basic Education Certificate
Examination (BECE) and West Africa Senior School
Certificate Examination (WASSCE)".
