The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has threatened to embark on strike if the government fails to address the challenges confronting the Free Senior High School (SHS).
A statement issued by the National Executive Council (NEC) of the group, said challenges including erratic supply of food to schools and financial constraints; delays in the release of monies to schools, and also the releases that are generally done in bits, are affecting the smooth running of the schools.
CHASS is therefore demanding the release of the full complement of the outstanding monies and food supplies to schools which include the first Semester forms one and two recurrent (balance) for 2021, the whole of Second Semester recurrent for forms one, two, and three, as well as Teachers Intervention Money.
CHASS indicated that should the government fail to address the challenges by the close of the year, it will ask students to stay at home when schools resume next month.
“CHASS resolved that if by 31st December 2021, Government and for that matter the GES does not release the full complement of the outstanding monies and food supplies to schools …CHASS will officially inform the GES Management on the 4th January 2022 and advise parents not to send their wards to schools on the reporting date of January 5, 2022, as Heads will not be able to administer the running of the schools amidst these challenges,” it said after a meeting in Kumasi on Thursday, December 23, 2021.
“We pray and hope that the issues enumerated above would be addressed by the end of this year, to avert any unfortunate happenings,” the CHASS said in the statement.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri