Teachers’ salaries are the worse among all public
sectors workers in the country, says the Ashanti Regional Secretary of Ghana
National Association of Teachers (GNAT).
According to Mr. Charles Kofi Adum-Nti Achamfour, the
Ghanaian teacher has been made worse-off after their migration to the Single
Spine Salary Structure (SSSS).
He attributes the situation to poor scaling of their
market premium, in the implementation of the new pay policy, as well as the non-payment
of negotiated entitlements and allowances.
“I think the evaluation was poorly done and there are
various aspects of concern to teachers that were not considered in the
evaluation process. Then during the migration, a lot of our members were worse
off in terms of errors that happened and many of them are still grappling with such
problems”, he told Luv Fm.
Mr. Achamfuor has been addressing the Quadrennial Delegate’s
Conference for teachers in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ashanti.
He observed the implementation of the SSSS has brought
in an increment in the salaries of teachers, but does not reflect the current
state of affairs in the market.
The Regional GNAT Secretary said there are critical
challenges facing teachers that need to be addressed by the Ghana Education
Service (GES) and the government.
“Some teachers who were promoted in 2010 had part of
the entitlements slashed by months. These are among the issues that keep making
the teacher poorer and de-motivated”, he stated.
Story by Kofi Adu Domfeh
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