GNAT promises more agitations by pre tertiary teachers

The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah Tanko, says there will be more agitations by pre tertiary teachers before the end of this week.

According to him, the agitations are happening because government has failed to implement the conditions of service of teachers which has expired for about nine years now.

He spoke exclusively to our correspondent Daniel Opoku to react to the ongoing demonstrations by teachers in the Volta and Greater Accra regions.

“Since 2009, teachers have been deceived, any time you go ask for something they say we are many, and there is a deliberate policy by government that teachers must be at the center.

Where is the evidence?” he asked.

“For the past eight years, the only allowance teachers have benefited is GHC100, even that is professional development allowance, what about the teachers’ welfare?

Teachers are in deprived areas and they are suffering.

“What will make the teachers to stop the agitations is that they must be given what they deserve,” he said.

The leadership of the teacher unions are saying that they cannot be blamed if the agitations persist.

By Daniel Opoku