KNUST: UTAG, TEWU Added To Interim Council By Gov’t

The University Teachers Association (UTAG) and Teachers and Education Workers’ Union (TEWU) have both been added as members of the interim governing council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

According to the government, the decision is “to further enhance stakeholder involvement.”

This development by the government comes a day after the University teachers declared a strike over the manner in which the government was handling the crisis at the school.

Government’s decision to create an Interim Council for KNUST has generated a lot of backlashes as several stakeholders have voiced their displeasure over the decision.

The lecturers, as well as the administrators on Friday, declared an indefinite strike over the matter, indicating that they do not believe the government should have dissolved the former governing council, especially as it had excluded the University’s Vice-Chancellor from the interim management council.

It is unclear if TEWU and UTAG have agreed to have representation on the council as UTAG in declaring their strike said they do not recognize the role assigned to the council as well not ready to work with them.