Pupil Teacher not paid for 18 months

Accra, Sept. 9, GNA - Mr Isaac Teye Addo, a 31 year-old pupil teacher in the Eastern Region on Tuesday appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to probe the reason why some pupil teachers in the Region have not received their salaries since April last year.

"I can at least speak for my self and five others at the Ehiamenkyene Roman Catholic Junior Secondary School at Begoro in the Fanteakwa District, where for 18 months now we have not received our monthly salary of 350,000 cedis each," he told the Ghana News Agency in Accra.

"Anytime I go the Regional GES office I am told by an officer that names of affected teachers are compiled in an IPDD forms and that we only receive our money if we influence those working on it."

Mr Addo said he suspected foul play hence his decision to stick out his neck and speak to the media to be proved wrong by the officials involved and get a meaningful explanation.

"I teach Social Studies at the school since I am a holder of Diploma in Business Administration I obtained at the Institute of Professional Studies. How can I live on charity? He asked.

Mr Addo said his livelihood depended mainly on borrowing, adding, "this cannot continue forever, I must get some money somewhere to service my debts."