Teachers across the country are raising red flags as the Pre-tertiary Teachers Association of Ghana (Pre-TTAG) threatens to withdraw its services over a surge in violent attacks against educators on school campuses.
The Association says these incidents are taking a toll on the teaching and learning environment and warns that urgent action is needed from the Ministry of Education.
Indiscipline on school campuses is spiraling out of control, raising serious concerns among educators and stakeholders across the country.
Violent incidents involving both students and teachers are on the rise, with alarming consequences for academic work.
From the Western Region to the capital, Accra, schools are becoming battlegrounds prompting fresh calls for urgent intervention. Just last week, disturbing images emerged from the Western Region, where students were seen brandishing weapons on campus.
And on Friday, May 16, chaos erupted at the Accra High School when a student and a teacher got into fisticuffs. These incidents are not isolated.
In November last year, a teacher in Offinso, Ashanti Region, was stabbed in the eye by a student, a shocking act that underscored the gravity of the crisis.
Despite repeated calls from the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) for compensation and protection, there’s been little response from the authorities.
Now, the Pre-Tertiary Teacher Association of Ghana is raising the alarm. Adokwei Ayikwei-Awulley is the Vice President of the Association.
Speaking an interview with 3news, he said, “The labour law says that if an environment is not conducive for work one must leave, so if the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Education fail to act, we will very soon be leaving the classrooms”.
The Association is demanding immediate measures and a call for dialogue.
“We are asking the Parent Teacher Association, civil society, the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service to let us have a national dialogue to discuss the level of indiscipline in our schools,” they proposed.
