On Sunday, October 5, 2025, Ghana joined the global community in celebrating the diligent teachers who have shaped and impacted many lives, under the theme: “Elevating the Status of Teachers for Quality Education.”
Speaking to journalists, the Eastern Regional Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Patrick Boison, called on the government to pay the salaries of teachers recruited last year (2024) who have been working for nearly thirteen months.
He described this situation as very pathetic, emphasizing that teachers cannot effectively educate young learners on an empty stomach and thus insisted they deserve better working conditions.
Mr. Boison urged President John Dramani Mahama to expedite the payment for the affected teachers, enabling them to teach with enthusiasm and happiness, ultimately helping to nurture the country’s future leaders.
“President John Mahama, during his 2024 campaign tour, promised that if he wins the elections and becomes President in 2025, he would give allowance to teachers teaching in the deprived areas, and we are pleading with him to fulfill that promise in case he has forgotten,” he reminds President Mahama.
The Chairman further highlighted the challenges faced by teachers in hard-to-reach communities, who often lack access to basic amenities such as electricity, good roads, clean drinking water, and educational infrastructure.
Despite these hardships, he said they have not given up. He suggested that the deprived area allowance would motivate them to remain in these communities and continue their essential work of shaping young lives.
Mr. Boison rejected the popular mantra that “the reward of a teacher is in heaven,” asserting that a deceased person cannot benefit from such rewards.
He argued that if the government, led by President Mahama, has anything for teachers, it should be given while they are alive and actively contributing to the nation’s growth and development.
He used the opportunity and expressed his profound gratitude to all Ghanaian teachers, both public and private, for the vital role they play in shaping the futures of schoolchildren across the country.
By Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnewsinline.com.
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