President Mahama Adds Voice To Calls On Teachers To Return To Classroom 

President John Mahama has added his voice to calls on teachers to return to the classroom. 

He says the timing is wrong and they must put the nation's interest above professional interest. 

The President was speaking in an interaction with leaders of Youth Groups who paid a courtesy call on him at Flagstaff House in Accra. 

Among the many issues raised by the Group was an appeal to government to quickly solve the strike so that it does not affect the students. 

The groups, made up National Union of students, Ghana National Union of Polytechnics and the Law Students Union among others, were at the Presidency to interact with President Mahama and congratulate him on his victory and coronation.

President Mahama said "it is not fair for innocent children to suffer for that action."

He said as a measure to increase the skills of the youth, government would revamp all the youth leadership skills training institutes, dotted throughout the country, to equip more youth with the requisite skills to start their personal enterprises.

The President said government would also train staff of the Statistical Service to conduct adequate research and survey on the rate of unemployment so that government could set standards and targets for job creation.

He appealed to the youth groups to offer constructive criticisms and advice that could help government to speed up development throughout the country.

Mr Prosper Hoetu, Spokesperson of the youth groups, called for partnership between the youth groups and government to ensure coordination and synchronisation that could bring mutual benefits to them in the coming years.

He appealed to government to intervene immediately in the current teachers’ strike action to avoid the jeopardising the future of the school children.

GBC