The Coalition of Unemployed Trained Teachers from the Colleges of Education on Wednesday, November 19, staged a protest in Accra to demand immediate postings after what they describe as several unanswered appeals to government.
The group, made up of the 2022 and 2023 backlog of trained teachers, says its members have been left in limbo despite passing the teacher licensure examination and completing their national service.
Sharing his frustration, Mintah Robert, an unemployed trained teacher, said the situation has pushed many of them into severe hardship.
“I’ve just returned from a construction site where I’m working as a labourer. I went to training college because I wanted a stable job, not to struggle at home after completing my course. We want the government to post us as soon as possible,” he said.
He added that some of their colleagues have been driven into robbery, illegal mining and other risky activities in a bid to survive, and appealed to the government to intervene urgently.
Tension heightened at the Ministry of Education when the Coalition rejected an attempt by the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service to receive their petition.
