Various teacher unions in Koforidua took to the streets on Wednesday, May 15, to demand the payment of outstanding allowances.
The outstanding allowances include the deprived area allowance, extra assessment, book/data/online and teaching support, and an upward adjustment on CPD allowances.
The demonstration follows a press conference where they urged the government to honor its promises.
The Eastern Regional Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers, Patrick Boison, stressed that the unions intend to demonstrate until their demands are met.
“Teachers are only asking for four allowances out of the seventeen allowances because we understand the situation that the government is in but it cannot also go without the government doing anything about our demands.
“Teachers are the most employable people on government payroll, and we are found in every nook and cranny of this country and if our members have taken the challenge to be there, they must be compensated,” he said.
He emphasized that teacher unions nationwide are committed to advocating for the prioritization of teachers’ welfare.
Some members of teacher unions such as the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana (CCT-GH), were clad in red and black attire on Wednesday.
They held placards with inscriptions such as treat teachers with dignity, teachers are losing trust in government, teachers also deserve allowances, cost of electricity is killing us, and treat teachers with decency, among others.