These insensitive cuts have included cuts to research allowances for lecturers, nursing training, and teacher training allowances. (ghanapoliticsonline.com)
President Mahama said government had released GHC 37 million cedis to the Controller and Accountant General's Department to be paid to appropriate recipients as their books and research allowance as part of government's resolve to facilitate teaching and learning at the tertiary institutions. (ghanapoliticsonline.com)
The Takoradi Polytechnic Chapter of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana, (POTAG), has asked Government to speed up the payment of this year's book and research allowances, in order to avoid the distraction of the 2016/2017 academic year for tertiary institutions, as has been recorded in the past. (citifmonline.com)