Transforming Education: Mahama and NDC’s Vision for Teacher Training and Welfare”

The next NDC/Mahama government to:

1. prioritize the timely promotion of teachers and ensure the availability of funds for their remuneration;
2. institute the “Teacher Dabr3” Project to provide accommodation facilities for teachers within new school buildings;
3. introduce a special allowance of 20 percent of basic salary for teachers who accept postings to rural and underserved communities;
4. abolish the teacher licensure examination and integrate the licensing process into the final year examination of trainees;
5. scrap the NPP’s mandatory national service for teacher trainee graduates and restore the automatic employment of newly qualified teachers;
6. partner with teacher unions to initiate the Government Assisted Mortgage Scheme (GAMOS) to support teachers to own homes;
7. initiate a scheme to assist teachers own vehicles of their choice by offering flexible duty payments arrangements and government guarantees in partnership with teacher unions and the banking sector;
8. establish a College of Education in the Afram Plains enclave to address the acute professional teacher deficit.

Source:dailydemocratnewsonline.com