Teachers suspend discussions with Gov’t over proposed licenses

Europa

May 17, 2016 5:55 PM

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said it will likely introduce a licensing regime for pre-tertiary teachers this year to ensure that teachers are licensed before being employed.

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Teachers have boycotted discussions with government on the proposed teacher licensing regime scheduled for implementation this year.

But the unions comprising the National Union of Graduate Teachers, (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, (CCT) and the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) have said government has failed to take their concerns into the proposed implementation of the teacher licensing regime.

"If you are talking about licensing teachers, we would have to negotiate the tenets of the licensing and to ensure job security, what goes into the licensing, how the license comes to bear on the job security of the teacher," Vice President of NAGRAT, Angel Karbonu told Accra-based Citi FM.

"It looks as if people are carrying their own personal agenda without taking into consideration the input that has been given by the teacher unions," he added.

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