The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) members' mass leave, according to the Teacher Trainee Association of Ghana, has left students frustrated.
The group laments the uncertainty that final-year students, who have just four weeks left of school, must endure.
CETAG began a mass leave of absence on September 1, 2022, after working nonstop for a year.
Sumaila Musah, the National Secretary of the Teacher Trainee Association of Ghana, made a plea to the right parties in an interview with Citi News to ensure that the tutors resume their jobs.
"We began alerting the relevant parties—GTEC, PRINCOF, and subsequently other organizations, including the Ministry of Education—about the concerns expressed by CETAG in order to ensure that the problems are resolved as quickly as feasible. However, there isn't much we as leaders or students can do in this circumstance other than begging the parties involved to pay attention to our teachers.
According to CETAG, the new academic calendar, which mandates that teachers labour a whole year without a break, has compelled them to make this choice.
On September 1, 2022, teachers in all 46 public colleges of education that are CETAG members started their 28-day annual leave. They are scheduled to return on October 10.
In addition, they are requesting complete terms of service and various payment options.
A meeting between CETAG and the Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF) on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, on the mass leave of tutors came to a deadlock.