Striking members of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and two other teacher unions have been forced back into the classrooms following a court order.
The National Labour Commission (NLC) secured an injunction against the strike action which was granted and forced the teachers back to work.
President of NAGRAT, Angel Cabornu, confirmed receipt of the injunction and said teachers would report back to work.
“We have decided to obey the orders of the court and have asked our members to call off the strike and to go back to the classroom,” the President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Cabornu, said to the media.
Before the court injunction filed by the National Labour Commission, the commission had directed the teachers to end the strike.
Mr Cabornu said they were already working on that before the court order.
“We were trying to touch base with our lines to ensure the right thing is done. We are law-abiding citizens,” he explained.
He added that teachers would continue their engagements with the government to secure a resolution to their impasse.
Three teacher unions, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT) and NAGRAT, embarked on a strike action protesting the appointment of Dr Eric Nkansah as Director General of the Ghana Education Service.
The unions contend that Dr. Nkansah does not have satisfactory experience as a teacher to head the service.
Their strike received backing from the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) which said such appointments were not good for work harmony.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com