The All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG), a teachers' union, will protest on December 15, 2021, over the one-teacher, one laptop policy.
The protest is to express dissatisfaction with the government's decision to substruct c509 from their allowances as a payment for the one teacher, one laptop policy.
Speaking to Citi News, the General Secretary of ATAG, Albert Dadson Amoah announced the protest.
He said some subtractions made by the government from the staff of the Ghana Education Service salaries are unnecessary and only create hardship.
“Apart from that there is GES staff who are not teachers, there are cleaners, cooks and others. Some received a minimum wage of GH ₵ 700 and the government has continued to deduct GH ₵ 509 from their salaries. How are these people expected to survive?"
According to him, teachers have suffered disrespect from the government for so long a time and it is high time they poured out their grievances.
But the founder of the Innovative Teachers Association in Ghana, Stephen Desu, said the matter must be resolved in court and not demonstration.
Background
Three teacher unions signed an agreement with the government to provide teachers with laptops.
Per the agreement, Ghc 509 will be deducted from the allowances of teachers.
Teachers are to pay 30% of the total cost of the laptop while the government will pay 70%.
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