In protest of their lecturers' ongoing strike, teacher candidates at the St. Francis College of Education announced they would skip their end-of-semester examinations planned for today, December 5, 2022.
The trainees claim that because of the looming strike and the lack of contact hours, they are mentally unprepared to take any tests.
For the last three weeks, lecturers from various schools of education around the nation have gone on strike in protest of certain unpaid benefits.
The examination board at the University of Cape Coast was urged to reconsider its decision to move the tests to the next year by the level 200 and 300 trainees on campus.
We feel that this is unfair since only UCC is making us write tests; we won't wait till our instructors are back in the classroom to finish our curriculum before taking this exam. In reality, Winneba and UDS have halted their exams due to the current situation.
University labor unions have been on strike for more than three weeks because, in their opinion, the government has failed to uphold the agreed-upon terms of employment.
The implementation of the GH10.99 modified ex-pump rate to influence Vehicle Maintenance and Off-Campus Allowances has aroused concerns from the union.