Students Worry About Upcoming Examinations As Teachers’ Strike Takes Its Toll On Students who are expected to sit for their WASSCE and BECE in August and October 2022 respectively. Currently, the faith of candidates hung as nobody knows when the strike action which is in its second day will be called off.
The four teacher unions declared the strike action over unpaid Cost of Living Allowance and the government’s failure to meet the 30th June ultimatum.
Students Worried About Upcoming WASSCE and BECE As Teachers’ Strike
The teachers’ strike has left students worried about academic work, especially ahead of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Final year students have less than three months to complete the BECE and this is the time that these candidates need their teachers in the classroom to help them prepare and polish up fully for the impending their Junior High and Senior High leaving examinations.
A visit to some schools in the Sagnerigu Municipality and the Tamale metropolis in the Northern region, saw pupils idling without their teachers.
Some final-year pupils called on the government to address the needs of the striking teachers to enable them to return to school early to prepare adequately for their examinations.
“If teachers are not here to teach us, how will we write our BECE? Next week, we will write our mock exam. If the teachers are not there, how are we supposed to write our mock?” one student asked.
The teacher unions are demanding a 20 percent cost of living allowance to cushion them from the rising cost of living in Ghana.
Students of Bimbilla Senior High School in Bimbilla in the Nanumba North Municipality in the Northern region made sympathized with the teachers.
Final year students who were supposed to start their mock exams on Tuesday say they do not know their fate because of the strike.
Students from Bimbilla town and other nearby communities have since left campus, but the challenge now is with those who came from places far from Bimbilla.
Headmaster of Bimbilla Senior High school, Barhama Adam, called on the government to listen to the concerns of teachers for teaching and learning to continue.
“It is more biting for our school because the form threes are writing their mock.
This morning, a paper that was scheduled to be written has been called off because the teachers were not around to do the invigilation.”
BY : YESU SUANI KWABENA MATHEW |Ghana Education News