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12.09.2014 Press Release

Listen To Us - Newly Trained Teachers

By Benjamin Amoatey, A Concerned Trained Teacher
Listen To Us - Newly Trained Teachers
12.09.2014 LISTEN

It has been a yearly routine by Ghana Education Service to post newly trained teachers after completing their 3-year diploma in basic education course in their respective colleges in Ghana, of which the district & regional levels of education does this exercise.

After completion and posting of Newly Trained Teachers in July/ August 2014, and upon preparing to go to our newly posted stations, there were rumours that our allowances has been terminated by Ghana Education Service which was an order given to Controller and Accountant General's Department to do that. And this same GES has given us appointment letters as newly trained teachers, posting as to various cities, towns and villages to render our services as trained teachers to education in the country.

And yes.! We waited until it was August ending and we realised that those rumours are no rumours again but they were facts on grounds, that GES has really terminated our allowances. Here is a feedback we got from Controller and Accountant General's Department after asking why our allowances wasn't paid in August;

"Your salary has been terminated by your employers. Kindly contact the Head Office of the Ghana Education Service for the re-activation to be done upon meeting the requirement.

Thank you."

THE QUESTIONS ARE;

* How do we go to our stations without money?

* How do we rent rooms at our stations?

* How do we carry our belongings to our stations (of which some are quite far)?

* How do we cater for our own selves not to talk of the expenses (light & water bills)?

* What should we do to eat nor drink?

Why is the government and GES doing this to us NEWLY TRAINED & POSTED TEACHERS...? So do they expect us to report at our various stations then go and teach willingly to serve the nation Ghana...???

It is a very big blow to us. Ghana Education Service - Head Office/ Controller & Accountant General's Department, PLEASE listen to our plea and pay us our allowance for August and other subsequent months till we are placed on salary scale, because we are really on hot seats.

CONCERNED NEWLY TRAINED TEACHER

AMOATEY BENJAMIN

(0543511466/ 0546662361)

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