The Coalition of Unemployed Trained Teachers from the Colleges of Education on Wednesday, November 19, staged a major protest in Accra to demand immediate postings after what they say have been countless unanswered appeals to the government.

The demonstrators, made up of the 2022 and 2023 backlog of trained teachers, said they remain stranded despite successfully completing their national service and passing the teacher licensure examination.

Sharing his frustration, Mintah Robert, an unemployed trained teacher, said many of them have been forced into menial jobs to survive.
“I’ve just returned from a construction site where I’m working as a labourer. I went to training college because I wanted a stable job, not to struggle at home after completing my course. We want the government to post us as soon as possible," he said.

“Some of our colleagues have been pushed into robbery, illegal mining and other unfortunate activities just to survive. We’re pleading with the government to help us,” he said.

Tensions escalated at the Ministry of Education when the group rejected an attempt by the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service to receive their petition. The protesters insisted that the document be handed directly to the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu.