Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana Protests Over Unemployment of Trained Teachers

The Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana has converged at Independence Square to stage a protest over the continued unemployment of qualified teachers from the 2022 batch.

The demonstration, part of the association’s ongoing push for the restoration of the automatic posting policy, is expected to move from Independence Square to the Jubilee House before ending at the Ministry of Finance Ghana.

The protest follows strong criticism by TTAG of the government’s recent recruitment of 7,000 teachers, which the group says is inadequate to address the growing number of trained but unemployed graduates.

According to the association, the recruitment exercise led by the Ministry of Education Ghana does not reflect the scale of the problem, as thousands of qualified teachers remain without postings despite completing their training.

Speaking to journalists in Accra on Friday, April 24, TTAG Secretary Jonathan Kwadzo Agorkpo expressed frustration over what he described as delays and a lack of tangible progress.

“They are saying the system is working, but we are not seeing any result that shows that the system is working. The government needs to help us. He should give us what he promised us,” he said.

TTAG maintains that more than 45,000 trained teachers are currently awaiting posting, while over 65,000 students are enrolled in Colleges of Education across the country.

The association warns that if the government is unable to absorb the backlog, it must reconsider the sustainability of the Colleges of Education system.