Teachers says they have to weed to make ends meet

stacey 13:24 - 07 May 2016

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A group of teachers in Ghana have revealed they have resorted to weeding farms to make ends meet because they havent been paid their salaries.

Unpaid Teachers and Education workers – Ghana, is pleading with government to pay salaries of its members which have been in arrears for the past two years, the group is reported to have about 3,000 teachers who have been working since 2014 without any compensation.

Speaking to Citi FM, the General Secretary of the group, Isaac Amponsah, said some teachers have resorted to working as farm laborers for survival.

“We are suffering. All of us are in villages teaching… A teacher has to go and weed for a farmer for 15 cedis before he can make ends meet.”

The group said the auditors had presented a report to the Finance Ministry for clearance six months ago but they are still yet to be paid.

“Around November, December, the government asked auditors to come on the field to come and check whether we are really on the field working. They came and we provided every document that they needed to assess whether we are working.”