The All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG) has declined an invitation from Ghana Eduction Service (GES) asking its members to attend an ICT training.
The group described the invitation as uncalled-for and preposterous, stating that the employer is bent on subjecting teachers to ridicule and unsubstantiated actions.
In a statement, the group listed some reasons for turning down the invitation.
“According to the proposal binding teacher unions (representing teachers) and GES, the ICT training will attract a fee of GH¢300. The GH¢300 cost will cover technical training in the application of ICT devices in teaching per person for one month estimated at GH¢105 million. It is very strange for GES to turn around to tell teachers that GH¢300 meant for the technical training will be virtual training instead of in person. So where will the technical support come from?”
“Which kind of technical support is GES talking about in their proposal? Can online workshops guarantee technical ICT training knowing that ICT training requires practical guides? Labour rape is when one month of training estimated at GH¢300 per teacher at GH¢105million had been shortened for three days online workshop. What crime have teachers committed to deserve such disrespect and spat on the profession? What does GES take teachers for? This is unacceptable and should not be encouraged under a minister who had gained Cambridge and US experience,” the group said in the statement.
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