«Who has refused to pay
the Teacher training allowances which benefits Ghanaians including Northerners?
These insensitive cuts have included cuts to research allowances for lecturers, nursing training, and
teacher training allowances.
He was commenting on his government's decision to redraw nurse and
teacher training allowances.
Again, President Akufo - Addo noted that «we committed ourselves to restoring the nurses and
teacher training allowances.
• We promised to restore
Teacher training allowances and we have delivered • We promised to end dumsor and we have delivered • We promised to reduced fertilizer prices by 50 % and we have delivered • We promised to establish a Ministry of Zongo and Inner City Affairs and we have delivered • We promised to increase and pay peacekeeping allowances increased from $ 31 to $ 35 and we have delivered • We promised to increase the share of the DACF to persons with disabilities from 2 % to 3 % and we have delivered • We promised a stimulus package to support local industry and we have delivered • We promised to implement a National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan and we have delivered • We promised a more efficient port system and we have delivered • We promised to reduce the rapid rate of borrowing and accumulation of the public debt and we have delivered • We promised to restore economic growth and we have delivered • We promised to reduce inflation and we have delivered.
«Government therefore decided to swap
the teacher training allowances with the student loan scheme as it is operating in all other universities that train teachers.
«Since NPP assumed office, less than one hundred days in office, first budget of Nana Akufo - Addo,
teacher training allowance has been restored.
«Nana Addo proposed Northern Development Authority (NDA) in 2008 and the NDC, kicked against it but, when they assumed office, they copied the policy idea and changed the name to Savannah Accelerated Development Authourity (SADA), the same with free Senior High School (SHS), cancelled nurses and
teachers training allowances, now he has swallowed his own words, promising to pay the allowances, President Mahama, is ruling the nation based on Nana Addo's wisdom, «he stated.
Not exact matches
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia who was speaking at a programme organised by the aspiring Member of Parliament of Awutu Senya West George Andah said the NPP instituted the NHIS policy, National Youth Employment Policy, school feeding, free maternal health paid
teacher, nursing
training allowances etc. out of the 20 billion cedis it accumulated.
We want someone to come to office to solve our problems, not somebody who sits in office and says I am a Northern President so I am going to let them steal your SADA money, cancel your
Teacher and Nursing
Training Allowances, collapse the National Health Insurance Scheme and not provide any services for your socio - economic advancement; that is not the type of Northern President we want.
The NPP promised Free SHS, a factory per district, jobs, restoration of
allowances for
teachers and nurses in
training, $ 1 million per constituency, a dam per farming village in the three regions up north, and the setting up of a Zongo Development Fund.
On student
allowances, nursing and
teacher training students would be paid based on the grades one obtained.
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to report to this august House that after a few months of intense preparation, the Akufo - Addo Government has: • rolled out the destiny - changing free Senior High School policy across all public schools to ensure equal opportunities for every Ghanaian child • rolled - out the National Digital Property Addressing System to provide a unique address for all properties in Ghana • Launched the National Identification Scheme; and • Restored the
teachers and nurses
training allowances.
«The question that we should ask is how can you inherit a budget deficit of 9.3 % of GDP, proceed to reduce taxes, bring down inflation, bring down interest rates, increase economic growth (from 3.6 % to 7.9 %), increase your international reserves, maintain relative exchange rate stability, reduce the debt to GDP ratio and the rate of debt accumulation, pay almost half of arrears inherited, stay current on obligations to statutory funds, restore
teacher and nursing
training allowances, double the capitation grant, implement free senior high school education and yet still be able to reduce the fiscal deficit from 9.3 % to an estimated 5.6 % of GDP?
When Nurses and
Teacher Trainee
allowances have not been restored and several graduates from private Nursing
Training Schools are picketing for financial clearance to be employed by the ministry of health.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has promised the Muslim community that it will promote the study of the Arabic language across the country in addition to its plans to restore
allowances for
teachers and nurses in
training colleges, when voted into power.
As a result more than a fifth (22 %) say they have been forced to claim job seekers
allowance; nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply
teachers say they do not have access to
training and professional development opportunities; Nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply
teachers say they do not have any access to a mentor or line manager to discuss their work; Nearly half (44 %) of supply
teachers feel they are used to cover the lessons of more challenging pupils; only 31 % of supply
teachers said they were always made to feel welcome when entering a new school; over a third (35 %) of supply
teachers did not always have access to food and drink facilities in the schools where they worked.
At the a ceremony to officially launched the reintroduced trainee
allowance, executives of the
Teacher Training Association of Ghana appealed to the government to increase the amount.
Explaining the rationale for the implementation of policies such as Free Senior High School Education and the restoration of
Teacher and Nursing
Training allowances despite enormous fiscal challenges, Vice President Bawumia said any nation that seeks to achieve holistic development must necessarily invest in its human capital, «and the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, is very committed to the education of every young person in Ghana, because an educated population is a prerequisite for growth.»
Prior to the 2016 elections, the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) assured students of the various
teacher and nursing
training institutions of the party's commitment to bring back the
allowances, to ensure they had a smooth
training to serve the country.
He, therefore, appealed for the support of the Central Region in this year's elections, further assuring that his government will reduce electricity and utility tariffs, restore the
teacher training and nursing
allowances and also implement the Free SHS policy to cover all students, both day and boarding.