Back to school 2023-2024: Teachers' strike disrupts lessons
The newspaper reports that the strike by teachers belonging to the OTS movement is spreading to several public schools in the country. In the West region, the strike, which was confined to two departments last week (), is gradually spreading to the other six. The crisis meeting organised last Monday by the MINESEC Regional Delegate, François NGABNYA, "did not lower the temperature". In the Far North region, these teachers have taken a harder line. Since Monday 18 September 2023, in several High Schools and Colleges. They are still demanding the payment of booster fees, promotions and the implementation of the special status of teachers. According to the regional coordination of the OTS movement, the strike has reached 60% across the Far North region. "This is a peaceful, non-violent and responsible strike. In other words, we are present in the Lycée, we are filling in the lesson books and the attendance sheet, and we are not giving the lessons in question. Classes will resume when we are satisfied", the strikers explain.
