The Coalition of Unemployed Trained Teachers from the Colleges of Education organized a significant protest in Accra on Wednesday, November 19, to demand immediate job placements following what they characterize as numerous unanswered requests to the government.
The group, consisting of the 2022 and 2023 cohort of trained teachers, expressed their discontent over being left in uncertainty despite having passed the teacher licensure examination and completed their national service. Mintah Robert, an unemployed trained teacher, shared his distress, stating that the situation has led many of them into financial hardship.
“I have just come back from a construction site where I am employed as a laborer. I attended training college with the hope of securing a stable job, not to face struggles at home after finishing my course. We urge the government to assign us positions as soon as possible.
“Some of our peers have resorted to robbery, illegal mining, and other regrettable activities just to make ends meet. We are appealing to the government for assistance,” he remarked.
Tensions escalated at the Ministry of Education when the Coalition declined an offer from the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service to accept their petition.
They insisted on delivering it directly to the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu.
