Sometime last week Wednesday, we the national executives of NUGS had an official engagement with senior officers of the Ministry of Education including the two Deputy Ministers of education, (unfortunately, the substantive minister had to leave for an emergency cabinet meeting), the Chief Director of the Ministry as well as the Director-General of GES and other national directors of education over a number of issues of concern to the student movement and the ordinary Ghanaian student for that matter.
As you would expect, the issues that were deliberated upon are quite innumerable however, I find the following as topical which are deserving of special mention;
The utility bills furore (with respect to public tertiary institutions)
The MASTESS scholarship programme
Our moves to establish regional SRCs across the regions
Hikes in fees and exploitation of students by some school heads
Govt's failure to release feeding subventions to schools on time
Poor performance of pupils at the basic level n SHSs
Nursing and teacher trainee allowances
The ailing state of GETfund and way forward
etc
The meeting was very fruitful and engaging with some re-assuring assurances backed by documentary evidences. Of course we also a few reservations because not all our concerns were satisfactorily tackled.
I'm however restraining myself from giving you any details BUT rather wish to use this platform to inform you that NUGS is organizing "mammoth press conference" within this month of February where all the relevant ISSUES shall be interrogated and put into proper perspectives as far as the union's official position is concerned. So I encourage you to stay tuned. We shall let u into the details of the confab in the ensuing days.
Your humble servant in student struggle
Iddi Muhayu-deen (NUGS GENERAL SECRETARY)
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