The Ghana Education Service (GES) has scheduled a meeting with teacher unions on Thursday, January 20, to discuss the issues that have come up with respect to the new academic calendar for public schools.
A statement issued and signed by Cassandra Twum Ampofo , Head Public Relations Unit on Tuesday January 18 said “Indeed the Ministerial committee on schools calendar engaged representatives of the unions and school heads. However, we will continue to engage e the unions and other stakeholders if they have noted additional concerns since the release of the calendar.
“Subsequently, management has invited the unions to a meeting on Thursday 20th January 2022 to discuss the additional issues raised.
“Meanwhile, malmanagement wishes to welcome back to school all basic school teachers leaners, and particularly ‘My First Day at School’.
This comes after four major teacher unions raised reservations about the announcement by the GES of the new academic calendar for public schools.