Over 2,000 teachers in Dormaa comply with strike – GNAT Secretary

Justice Acquah, the Dormaa District Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in the Bono Region, reported on Tuesday that the majority of approximately 2,000 teachers in 25 basic schools in the region are not attending work. According to Acquah, the teachers have complied with a GNAT directive to remain at home while the association engages in industrial action.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Dormaa-Ahenkro, Acquah urged the government to address the association's concerns to allow teachers to return to the classroom. He stated that if the government provides at least the promotion arrears owed to the teachers, GNAT would discontinue the strike. However, Acquah noted that some head teachers of the schools are still actively on duty.

He emphasized that GNAT would not have initiated the strike if the government had addressed the aforementioned issues. Acquah appealed for families to demonstrate restraint during the ongoing negotiations, assuring that the teachers would soon resume their duties. During a round visit, virtually all the basic schools in Dormaa-Ahenkro Township were found closed, including the Roman Catholic Primary ‘A’ and ‘B’ schools, the Seventh Day Adventists (SDA) basic school, Dormaa Senior High School Experimental Municipal Assembly, Saint Dominic Roman Catholic school, and the Presbyterian schools.