University teachers appear to have defied a call for a strike action by its parent body the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG).

The strike called by UTAG was to protest what it says is an attack on academic freedom by a court.

A Winneba High Court had early this year, instructed the Vice Chancellor of the University of Education Winneba, Prof Mawutor Avorkeh, to step aside until a case brought against him and the University Council had been determined.

The University Teachers Association was unimpressed by the ruling of the court and has begun a series of action, one of which is a strike to protest the ruling.

But the call for a strike has received little or no backing at all from university teachers.

Even the university, against whom the court ruling was made has deserted the call for a strike, with the lecturers attending to the call of the lecture halls.

Checks by Joy News indicate teaching and learning is going on smoothly at the University of Education, Winneba.

At the University of Ghana, Maxwell Agbagba reports the situation on campus does not look like a strike has been declared.

He said lectures at the University of Ghana Business School, as well as the Jones Quartey Building were ongoing with many of the halls full to capacity.

Some of the students who spoke to Agbagba hoped lectures will go on smoothly.

Some of the lecturers who spoke to Joy News on condition of anonymity said while they sympathise with the parent body they do not support the call for a strike.

They believe UTAG is using a sledge hammer to kill an ant.

Even though they have received a copy of the directive from UTAG to embark on a strike, they have decided to boycott the directive.

The situation at the Cape Coast University is no different. Joy News Central Region correspondent, Richard Kojo Nyarko reports lectures are ongoIng at the various lecture halls.

Even though the lecturers have received the call to strike they have decided to defy the order.

At the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi the lecture halls are full to capacity with no sign of a strike action.

Luv FM’s Kwasi Debrah reported the Vice Chancellor of the University has just received a communique from UTAG calling for a strike.

They will look at the details of the directive and take a decision afterwards.