General News of Tuesday, 13 September 2016Source: myradio360.comColleges of Education teachers’ strike to end before next week – OkudzetoSamuel Okudzeto AblakwaDeputy Minister for Education in charge of tertiary institutions, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is confident the strike action declared by teachers of Colleges of Education will not enter next week, considering the alacrity with which the ministry wants is resolving the issue. The teachers have for the past four years been pushing for an upgrade of their current status to that of teachers of other tertiary institution to enable them enjoy the same benefits. According to the teachers who form the College of Education Teachers Association of Ghana, the government has been dragging its feet unduly, hence their resort to strike on September 12. At the start of the strike action a Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Ofosu Kwakye pleaded with the teachers to use the negotiation table to resolve all their grievances with the government. I will only appeal to them to go back to the negotiation table and negotiate the terms,” he told the teachers.

Source: GhanaWeb September 13, 2016 11:15 UTC