The ruling government has has also introduced a new yearly allowance for teachers.

The education Minister explained to the House that professional teachers will take home GHC1,200 and non-professional teachers will receive GHC600.

Dr. Opoku Prempeh added that the money is supposed to support teachers when they want to acquire new skills and upgrade themselves. In an interview on Citi FM, the President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Mr. Angel Carbonu, opined that the initiative is captured in the teachers' conditions of service benefit. “It is very welcome to us.

It is part of the negotiated conditions of service that we are about to sign with the Ministry [of Education] and the Ghana Education Service,” he said confirmed. The minister indicated that the new allowance scheme is expected to be signed in two weeks' time.