Schooling Policy Expert and Professional Director of Africa Training Watch Kofi Asare offers argued that it is unacceptable to help keep freshly admitted students within universities for five days without any academic activity. Intended for him, the universities need to be closed down since University or college teachers are not teaching due to their strike action. Mister Asare’s call for public colleges to be closed down is a result of the social and financial costs incurred as the educational institutions remain open without educational work. “It is unconscionable to keep freshmen who haven’t been matriculated in sch for 5 weeks with no academic activity or path. Due to the social & financial cost, VCs should near down Public Universities till UTAG calls off hit, ” Mr Asare observed. The National Executive Panel (NEC) of the University Educators Association of Ghana (UTAG), a communique it launched on Saturday, 8th The month of january, the result of two emergency conferences, directed its members out of all 15 public universities in order to embark on the strike starting January 10, 2022 – the withdrawal of teaching – as a response to “the deteriorating Conditions of Service (CoS) of the University Teacher as well as the failure of the Employer within addressing the plight of UTAG members within the agreed timelines. ”Notwithstanding the absence of educational activity on the 15 campuses, the universities have continued to be open with administrative as well as other activities going on unimpeded. Resource: MyNewsGh. com/2022Send your information stories to [email protected] and via WhatsApp on +233 202452509Related Subjects: Feature