The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is firmly opposing what it calls the Ghana Education Service’s (GES) and regional directors’ concerning inaction about the increasing number of attacks on educators.
The education industry is deeply concerned as reports of violent attacks on teachers are increasing nationwide.
Teachers’ lives are in grave danger in certain situations when threats are made not just by pupils but also by local residents. The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is firmly opposing what it calls the Ghana Education Service’s (GES) and regional directors’ concerning inaction about the increasing number of attacks on educators.
The education industry is deeply concerned as reports of violent attacks on teachers are increasing nationwide. Teachers’ lives are in grave danger in certain situations when threats are made not just by pupils but also by local residents.
A student is said to have stabbed an instructor at Offinso in the Ashanti Region. Additionally, there was a physical conflict between students and a teacher at Accra High Senior High School in the capital. The teaching community is becoming increasingly agitated as a result of these instances.
The Ghana Education Service has come under fire from Thomas Tanko Musah, general secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers, for remaining silent about the attacks.
“We are waiting for a day that there will be an explosion in one particular school, let us hear somebody in this country that will blame a teacher,” he stated in an interview. On that day, we will go down into the gutters with that individual,” he forewarned.
