Deduct GH¢100 from Teachers’ Professional Development Allowance before payment – GES to CAGD

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has instructed the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) to deduct GH¢100from Teachers’ Professional Development Allowances before making payment to the teachers.

The GES in a letter dated October 9, 2020 to the CAGD said the decision to deduct GH¢100 from the Professional Development Allowances of Teachers as part of their negotiations with the Teachers’ front.

According to the GES, during a recent negotiations of the Collective Agreement on Conditions of Service of its teaching staff, it was agreed that teachers were to be paid Continuous Professional Development Allowance of GH¢1,200 and GH¢800 for Professional and Nonprofessional Teachers respectively.

Payment

The Ghana Education Service said the payment of the Allowance was to commence on 2020.

The GES indicated, that it has been agreed between the Teacher Unions within the GES and the National Teaching Council (NTC), that an amount of GH¢100 per teacher should be deducted from the allowance when it is paid.

The GES said the decision further indicated, that the said amount should be credited to the National Teaching Council for the Teachers Professional License.

Consideration

The GES thereby appealed to the CAGD to authorize the deduction of the said amount per teacher when the allowance is due to be paid at source and credited the same to the National Teaching Council.

Source: HonestyNewsGh