The Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS) has declared its intention to demonstrate on Thursday, the 29th of May, 2014 to pressurize government to settle with their lecturers to enable them return to the classroom.
The Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) on May 16th begun an indefinite strike to drum home its demand for the restoration of lecturers’ Book and Research Allowance scrapped by the government in favor of a newly established National Research Fund.
The students who are bearing the brunt of the strike action are however unhappy with the posture of government in addressing the concerns of their lecturers.
Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on Monday, the National President of GNUPS, Sulemana Hakim noted that the strike action had the potential of crippling polytechnic education in the country.
Sulemana Hakim also appealed to government to do all in its power to bring the lecturers back to the classroom since the strike action had the tendency of affecting preparations of polytechnic students especially those in their final years.
Meanwhile Students of the various Polytechnic have told rawgist.com the absence of their lecturers is having an adverse effect on their studies.
