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The Impact Crew: Teacher Unions Are Needless

Feature Article The Impact Crew: Teacher Unions Are Needless
APR 10, 2017 LISTEN

Government employs more than 360,000 teachers in Ghana. Each teacher pays GHS30 as dues every month. That makes GHS10,800,000 translating to GHS129,600,000 each year. Yet we have dilapidated schools whiles GNAT invest in ultramodern GNAT Heights that houses Google and other multimillion dollar companies and builds guest houses all over Ghana.

What if GNAT decided to contribute 10% of its dues towards building and renovating schools, providing white chalk to deprived schools, building Professional development and learning centers for teachers in Ghana.

If GNAT and NAGRAT cared just a little about the children who walked barefooted each day to school; if they cared about children who did not have water in their schools; if they cared about schools without toilets.

If they contributed just 10% of their yearly revenue of GHS129,600,000 that is GHS12,960,000 this is what it could do each year:

For white chalk, that money can buy 259,200 cartons (12,960,000 boxes) of chalk

For boreholes at the cost of GHS9,000 for schools and their communities it can build 1,440 each year

Providing reading books at the cost of GHS10 it could distribute 1,296,000 to school children in Ghana.

Furniture for teaching staff at the cost of GHS400 per school, it could provide 32,400 furniture for 32,400 schools each year;

For 10 used computers at the cost of GHS5,000 for each school, it could provide 2,592 schools with personal computers for ICT lessons.

For toilet facilities for underserved schools at the cost of GHS15,000, it could provide 864 toilets each year.

One might be asking, is this not the job of government? I would also ask, is it the job of the American People, the Japanese People and the German people to fund our development projects?

We all have fiduciary responsibilities and commitment towards the nation. Let us demand accountability and selflessness from our leaders.

The conversation starts with you.

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