Aggrieved teachers from the 2022 batch of Colleges of Education-trained graduates picketing at the Ghana Education Service (GES) headquarters in Accra have resolved to spend the night at the premises over months of unpaid salaries and delayed staff identification numbers.
The teachers, who massed up at the premises on Monday, June 23, said they had waited for more than two hours without any official engagement—despite submitting a formal letter outlining their grievances.
Tensions escalated when police officers arrived to disperse the group, issuing a three-minute ultimatum. The protesters resisted, prompting officers to forcibly remove them from the premises.
Still undeterred, the teachers say they will continue their action by presenting a petition to the Ministry of Finance and later marching to Parliament to draw national attention to their plight.
“When the MPs are going inside, we will draw their attention to what the government is putting us through. They should give us our staff IDs and the monies owed to us,” one leader said.
“The decision we’ve taken is to stay here so that tomorrow morning, we can go to the Finance Ministry to present the petition, and then proceed to Parliament,” he added.
