Toward the payment of Teacher Trainees Allowance , the Ministry of Education has revealed that an amount of GH¢241 million has been released.
The Ministry also made known the fact that an amount of GH¢32 million has been earmarked for the payment of the first batch of the book and research allowance to be paid to eligible senior members of public tertiary institutions across the country.
This was made known by Professor Yara Dzakadzie, the director of tertiary education at the Ministry during a speech on behalf of the sector minister at the 13th congregation of the Koforidua Asokore SDA Training College.
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“It will interest the members of staff to know that the government has processed an amount of over GH¢32 million for the first batch of book and research allowance payable to senior members of tertiary institutions across the country.”
“The government is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring the smooth running of our colleges of education, and it is committed to providing our students with the best education. In light of this, the government has released an amount of GH¢241 million for the payment of teacher trainee allowances across the country.”
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“The college faces several challenges which hinder teaching and learning on campus which include a lack of buses to transport students and also most of the equipment in the science lab has worn out and made it difficult to support practical teaching and learning and I wish to appeal to the alumni, the public, and the government to come to our aid.”
The allowance of teacher trainees is paid by the government of Ghana as a way to cushion trainees as they go through their 4-year Bachelor of Education Programme.
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