National PTA backs striking teacher unions, urges Mahama to intervene

The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NC-PTAs), Ghana, has declared its support for striking pre-tertiary teacher unions and called on President John Mahama to intervene urgently to resolve the dispute and allow schools to resume normal academic activities.

In a solidarity statement issued on Wednesday, September 30, under the theme “No Nation Can Rise Above the Welfare and Quality of Its Teachers”, the NC-PTAs said years of unfulfilled promises and abandoned memoranda of understanding (MOUs) had eroded teachers' trust in government assurances.

The NC-PTAs said that teachers' working conditions and welfare had implications for the quality of education delivered to children, making the resolution of their concerns a matter of national importance.