Some teachers at the Wa Senior High Technical School have defied a directive by the Ghana Education Service to take up new posts elsewhere in the region. The Service transferred ten teachers from the school to different schools even though a committee set to look into the disturbances that led to the rioting by students of the school on February 14 and the subsequent burning of a vehicle belonging to the Assistant Headmistress of the school was yet to submit its final report. But the teachers say they will not go because the committee’s report had not yet been released and that their transfers were in violation of the GES guidelines on transfers. They are accusing the Wa Municipal Director of Education, Mr Salifu Iddrisu, of taking sides in the matter. The Guidance and Counseling Co-ordinator of the school, Koku Annoh Philibert, who also speaks for the aggrieved teachers, said his grounds for refusing to accept the posting was security. He said even though the Assistant Headmistress, Mrs Mary Asunta-Dakorah, had publicly accused him of masterminding the burning of her vehicle, the education authorities had transferred him to her hometown. Under the circumstance, he believes his security cannot be guaranteed. Mr Philibert said it was bizarre for him and his colleagues to be transferred out of the school while the person at the centre of the controversy, Mrs Dakorah, was allowed to stay. He indicated the teachers were prepared to go to court to assert their rights because the municipal education authorities were determined to violate their rights. Joy FM Regional Correspondent Rafiq Salam however reports the Wa Municipal Director of Education, Mr Iddrisu as saying there was nothing wrong with the transfers. “Transfers can be effected any time of the year when they are hinging on disciplinary issues – the issue at WASECTEC is a disciplinary issue – and when there are such disciplinary issues, transfers are effected with the view to correcting the situation,” Mr Iddrisu said. He said contrary to the claims of the affected teachers, the Assistant Headteacher was herself being transferred in the interest of peace. Source: Joy News/Ghana