President of the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) Ghana, King Ali Awudu, has bemoaned the plights of Ghanaian teachers, especially those within the basic school system, due to bad conditions of service.
He said male teachers suffer the most, especially in their quest to find their better halves.
According to Mr. Awudu, some in-laws end up questioning the capacity of male teachers to take good care of their daughters.
“Teachers are really suffering, especially we men that are teachers Sometimes, when they are even going to look for women for marriage, it becomes difficult. The in-laws will look at you and tell you that you are a teacher. Are you sure you can take care of my daughter?”, he told Keminni Amanor, host of TV3’s Hot Issues programme.
Asked whether teachers in Ghana earn up to GHC3,000, he said, “Yes.” But he quickly added that “not at all levels, depending on your rank and how long you’ve been in the service.”
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He further revealed that, after being in the service since 2005, and with a second degree, his net salary is less than GHC5,000.
“For being in the service for 19 years and with a second degree I earn GHS4,066.”
The president maintained that the coalition will not back down on their demand for all allowances to be paid to the members.
“What we are saying is that teachers have gone through hell in this country and we have gotten to the point where the kind of heat the teachers out there are giving to we leaders, it is such that this time we are not ready to relent on anything.”
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“And the allowances we are asking for we must get it in one way or the other. If we won’t get it as rent allowance, we must get it in another form. If we won’t get it as transport allowance, we must get it in another form. If we won’t get it as utility subsidy, we must get it in another form. No matter what,” he demanded.