The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) expects governments to uphold the constitutional obligation of ensuring the average worker has better wages and working conditions
National President, Rev. Isaac Owusu says the Ghanaian worker does not need to rely on a political party manifesto for assurances of better working conditions.
Speaking to the media at an event to commemorate World Teachers Day in Kumasi, he emphasized the need for an employer to provide the necessary tools and materials for the worker to perform.
“If you are a teacher and working at a place where there is no befitting facility, no portal water, it becomes so difficult,” he said.
Rev. Owusu also noted the need for the employer to motivate the worker.
“We don’t dwell much on party manifesto, what we dwell on are the laws of the land that is what we are expecting the employer to be up and doing,” he expressed.
As part of World Teachers Day celebration, GNAT selected fifty brilliant students from deprive schools in Ashanti to provide them with school uniforms, bags and sandals, books and other learning material.
The GNAT national president said the group does not just seek better condition for teachers but also considers the wellbeing of the children they are teaching.
“The parents alone cannot afford them so anytime we are celebrating the world teacher’s day what GNAT does is that we select needy but brilliant students to support them with this material,” he explained.