General News of Wednesday, 31 August 2016Source: citifmonline.comNAGRAT gives Gov’t one-month ultimatum over arrearsPresident of NAGRAT, Christian Addae-PokuThe National Association of Graduate Teachers, (NAGRAT) has given government a one-month ultimatum to settle all arrears owed public Senior High Schools and teachers otherwise they will “advise themselves.”According to NAGRAT, the failure of the government to invest in education had resulted in the declining standards in the sector. Just as regional and district directorates of education have been starved of funding, we have reasons to conclude that even the Ghana Education Service Headquarters has not been spared. The situation is that bad at all levels but our directors are tight-lipped in voicing their ordeals for fear that they might be victimized,” the President of NAGRAT, Christian Addae-Poku said. NAGRAT also insisted that the unions had a say in the matter as the work of the teachers were affected by the situation. “NAGRAT is not happy with the way things are because we can’t just imagine how you fail to fund education and you still expect education to function well.

Source: GhanaWeb August 31, 2016 16:18 UTC