Students of the Kwadaso Agric Training College took to the street yesterday to register their displeasure over government’s decision not to restore their trainee allowances.
Their protest comes as government launched the restoration of the monthly allowance for trainee nurses yesterday in Sunyani, Brong Ahafo Region.
In 2013, the government of former President John Dramani Mahama scrapped the payment of allowances to students of colleges of education including the Kwadaso Agric Training College — a decision that was met with grave disapproval.
But the president has explained that the move was barter for increased enrolment in colleges of education and upgrade of the status of such institutions. The cancellation of the allowances became a key element of the Akufo-Addo campaign, promising to restore them when given the nod.
However, after 10 months of being in government, the students of the Kwadaso Agric Training College are up in arms against the Akufo-Addo-led administration, accusing it of shirking the pledge it made to them.
According to them, the government was being selective in restoring the allowance hence their protest.
According to reports, the students started demonstrating last Monday by boycotting lectures.
Education Desk
