Headmistress sacks 16 Teachers

Sixteen Teachers of the Mamfe Methodist Girls’ Senior High School in the Akropong Municipality of the Eastern Region are reported sacked by the school’s headmistress, Sylvia Isabella Laryea.

A letter signed by the headmistress, with a copy to Daily Guide, was addressed to the teachers on 21 July, 2015. It stated that the school had come to the decision due to over-staffing.

“I wish to officially inform you that it has become necessary to ask you to relocate to a school of your choice due to over-staffing,” a portion of the letter stated.

It also explained that the school now has 106 teachers as against a student population of 1,979, “contravening the rationalization policy being pursued by the Ghana Education Service.”

Meanwhile, this paper has learnt that the decision has been met with stiff opposition by the affected teachers.

Some of them told Daily Guide that they were being victimized because of their stance against purported corrupt practices by the headmistress.

The teachers, including pregnant women, said they had petitioned the Akropong Municipal Education Directorate to come to their aid.

Daily Guide checks indicated that Madam Laryea is currently on vacation leave in the USA. When contacted, she asked the reporter to ignore the story, saying she wasn’t accountable to the media but to her bosses.