General News of Saturday, 1 June 2019Source: citinewsroom.comBear with us, we’ll pay you soon – Government to double track teachersDeputy Minister in-charge of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Yaw Osei AdutwumThe Education Ministry has attributed the delay in paying teachers under the double track system to data entry system challenges faced by Ghana Education service. Last week some affected teachers in the Upper West Region besieged the regional directorate of the Ghana Education Service, to demand their salaries. But Dr. Yaw Adutwum has appealed to all the affected teachers to exercise restraint as the ministry takes steps to rectify the problem. We will do everything possible to make sure they are paid.”About 8000 teachers recruited by the government to facilitate the implementation of the controversial double track system under the Free SHS policy, have not been paid their salaries five months after their employment. According to the teachers who form the Association of Newly Recruited Teachers (ANRT), they have met the Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh twice on the non-payment of their salaries, but there appears to be no hope in sight for them.

Source: GhanaWeb June 01, 2019 09:22 UTC