The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reacted to purported introduction of prescribed uniform for public school teachers in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Service, it is not introducing any uniform for teachers contrary to pictures of some individuals in brown uniforms circulating on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responding to the pictures making rounds, the Director General of GES, Professor Akwasi Opoku Amankwa, denied such introduction of prescribed uniforms on social media calling it fake news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said \u201cGES is not a mushroom agency. It\u2019s the largest Government agency in Ghana. We employ more than half of all Government employees. If we want to introduce uniforms for teachers we won\u2019t do that through social media and over the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the Service is considering investigating as to whether those individuals in the purported uniforms are teachers or non teaching staff of GES who decided to have photoshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI guess it\u2019s some group of teachers who\u2019ve decided to have a uniform. Or it could even be photoshop. We may have to look for those in the pictures to first find out if indeed they\u2019re teachers and if they\u2019re what\u2019s their motivation for the uniform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn this era of unionized labour GES cannot introduce a uniform for teachers without engaging the teacher unions.
Issues relating to who pays, government or individuals for the fabric, etc. would all have to be discussed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Director General noted that in case the Service intends to introduce a prescribed uniform it would be officially announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAny national project of this kind may have to be announced and possibly launched OFFICIALLY,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n