2022 COLA STRIKE: Teachers proposed 13 Allowances for New Salary Negotiations

2022 COLA STRIKE: Teachers proposed 13 Allowances for New Salary Negotiations
A Ghanaian Teacher, Koranteng Obeng and a member of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in collaboration with teachers across the country are requesting a list of 13 allowances for their next salary negotiation.

Read the Proposed Teachers 13 New Allowances for Salary Negotiations below:

Each allowance should appear as a separate item on the pay slip not consolidated as we have it currently.

1. Inconvenience allowance:

This involves
– taking children out for co-curricular activities
– poor ventilation of classrooms.
– the task of maintaining order and class control.

2. Risk allowance

– health risks of dust from chalk particles
– health risks of continuous talking and standing with its effect on the lungs and waist respectively.
– weak classroom blocks

3. Rent allowance

4. Transportation allowance

5. Clothing allowance

6. Marking allowance

7. Credit facility at a reduced rate possible can be negotiated for teachers, it’s done at other sectors, eg, audit service] to purchase a house or means of transportation.

8. Class size allowance

9. Extra duty allowance

10. Child support [scholarship for up to 3 children]

11. EX-GRATIA

LI (Legislative Instrument) that at the end of every academic year, every teacher in any public pre-tertiary institution of Ghana shall be paid an amount equivalent to 50% of his or her total annual salary or 10% of his or her total salary for the number of years he or she has served as a teacher without breaking service.

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12. Entertainment allowance. To release stress we need to go out with family n friends.

13. Utility allowance

Source: EducationGhana