The Ghana Education Service says teachers who attended training workshops on the new curriculum for basic schools will receive their full allowances “early next week.”
In a statement on Facebook, the service explained that the full allowances could not be paid because a tax exemption was being sought.
“The allowances could not be paid because Management intended to write for tax exemption so that the 20%withholding tax which by law had to be deducted on the GH50.0 will not be deducted. This information was communicated to all Regional and District Directorates to make it known to participants.”
The GES, however, urged the teachers to remain calm because “the allowances will be paid early next week.”
“Measures have been put in place to ensure that these incidents are not repeated in the 2nd week,” the statement read.The workshops have been marred by the reports of low-quality refreshments served teachers and the lower than expected allowances.
On Saturday there were widespread reports of teachers rejecting GHc50.00 given them as allowances because they were entitled to more.
Some accused their education directorates of cheating them.
Commenting on the “plates of insipid food” served to the teachers, the GES said the situation was “really unfortunate.”
The training took place at 996 centres across the country with 152,000 teachers taking part, according to the GES.
