The University of Ghana Basic School has announced a temporary closure due to the ongoing industrial action by its teachers.

In a press release signed by the Head of the School, Christiana Adwubi Armah on January 19, the School said the action took effect on Monday, January 22, 2024.

The statement said the teachers who are members of the striking unions - Senior Staff Association- Universities of Ghana(SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff of Ghana (FUSSAG) - as such they have followed the directives of their leadership.

The statement encouraged parents of all pupils from Kindergarten 1 to Junior High School 3 to keep their wards at home until further notice.

The School is hopeful the industrial action will be resolved early enough for JHS3 pupils to return to school to adequately prepare for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

In a related development, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Basic School has closed down its basic schools in response to an ongoing industrial action.

Meanwhile, the University Relations Officer of KNUST, Dr Daniel Norris Bekoe, asked parents and teachers to bear with the university management until the concerns of the striking union were addressed.

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“As painful as it is management has no choice but to close down the basic school and we know it is going to have an effect on parents because some of them have to go to work, attend to businesses,” he said.