Tertiary students demand quick fix of UTAG concerns

Leadership of the Association of Concerned Tertiary Students, Ghana (ACTS) has called on government to fast-track negotiations with the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) regarding its strike.

UTAG embarked on an indefinite strike on Thursday, July 24 and the tertiary students fear their plight may be rendered similar to that gone through by polytechnic students.

“We are deeply concerned about our education and future as students, the investments of our parents in us as future leaders of this country and we believe the continuity of the strike action further deepens academic woes,” a statement issued on Friday, August 29 said.

Signed by Horlali Yaw Haligah, the General Secretary of the Association, the statement said an entire academic calendar may be disrupted if the lecturers’ concerns are not addressed.

“We would want to believe that the intention of UTAG or government and administration is not to subject us to any extreme academic inconvenience,” Master Haligah stated.

He added that for the good of students government must ensure that the lecturers are back in the lecture halls.

“All over the country students are very angry and frustrated about their victimization in this strike through no fault of theirs.”

The lecturers have since the declaration of the strike taken government to court over the Book and Research Allowance.