The world is in a battle to stay alive and our dear nation Ghana is of no exception. Many Ghanaians of repute have contributed immensely; financially and through donations to help our country overcome this global pandemic.
The chairperson of the National Development Planning Commission and board director of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Professor Stephen Adei has gone in a totally different direction. The renowned educationist has terminated the appointments of over seventy (70) staff in his school, Ghana Christian International High School. Mynewsghana.net has established.
The trustees and board of the school which include esteemed fellows like Herbert Morrison, Sam Okudzeto, E.B Takyi-Micah, Rev Obeng Amoako, F. Parker-Allotey decided that the COVID-19 situation was enough grounds to part ways with some teaching and non-teaching staff.
Speaking exclusively to Mynewsghana.net, an affected staff of the school disclosed that the school had laid down measures to ensure that students are able to study from home during this lockdown period and more especially at a time when all school activities have been suspended nationwide.
“Students will by Monday 6/04/2020 be taught online by the teachers, and hence has communicated this to parents. The fees for the school are charged yearly and many of the about 960 students of the school have paid fully. Those still owing have been issued bills and asked to make payment.
One then wonders why a self-acclaimed nationalist, a man who positions himself as being honest, God-fearing and just would do this to so many innocent families. These teachers had no idea of the looming termination and dutifully continued to work from home even when the President’s directives were given.
The reason given by the management is that due to COVID-19 the school could no longer operate, giving rise to a force majeure situation. Prof. Adei and his management on this premise declared the teachers’ contracts null and void.
Teachers had begun creating google classrooms to complete the second term’s work and thus were fulfilling their part of the contract. The teachers were going to continue to teach and for students to learn online. However, the noble professor decided that it would be much better for his pocket if some of the staff were sent home with the excuse of force majeure.
A force majeure that has not affected the school’s ability to collect fees and educate the students.
As a school that operates under the principles of Christianity and has a mission of ” Educating young people in the nurture and admonition of the Lord”, the worst the could have done was to give unpaid leave of absence for her workers. However, their actions have defeated the motto ( For God, Family, and Country) and the mission of the school by traumatizing these hardworking people in these critical times of the COVID-19 pandemic.” He Said
