The National Council of Private Teachers has warned that they may boycott the 2024 general elections if the government does not address the challenges facing the education sector.
The Council has expressed concern over numerous issues impacting private teachers, including high taxes on private schools and the government’s failure to include private schools in STEM education initiatives.
In an interview with Citi News, James Kwame Ackon, the Executive Director of the National Council of Private Teachers, outlined the reasons for the potential boycott if the government does not address their concerns.
“What we are saying is that there are many taxes in private schools to the extent that private school owners cannot even pay their teachers or workers well. Another thing is that we have many graduates who completed university and they are unemployed.
“Look at the amount of money they pay from level 100 to level 400 and at the end of the day, they will be compelled to sit for licensure examination, pay GHS550 together with indexes, and expect us to vote for them to come into power.
“What benefits are we going to get from voting when I am a graduate with my certificate, my license, my national service, and I am not employed?” he stated.
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