Koforidua, Dec. 25, GNA – The Eastern Regional branch of the
Ghana National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has
threatened to withdraw their services if they are not migrated unto the
Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) by the end of December this
year. In a statement signed by the Regional Chairman of the Association,
Mr Kwaku Djan Asante on Thursday at Koforidua, the Association
expressed dissatisfaction with the pace at which the Fair Wages and
Salary Commission (FWSC) had been working to migrate NAGRAT
members unto the SSSS. He said their major worry with the implementation was that, if the
migration took place in its current structure, 80 per cent of teachers,
from pupil-teacher to the principal superintendent grade, would not
see any increase in salary. Mr Asante said in July 2010, some public sector workers were
migrated unto the SSSS with appreciable levels of increases amidst
praises for government, which lend credence to the impression that
the Single Spine Pay Policy would lead to enhancement of salaries for
public servants. He explained that, per the road map, teachers and educational
workers of the Ghana Education Service (GES), were to be migrated
in December 2010 and the date was agreed upon by the joint
negotiating team made up of the Ghana National Association of
Teachers (GNAT) and FWSC as a result of some concerns raised by
the two teacher-unions. He said since that meeting nothing had been done by FWSC to
ensure that teachers were migrated unto the new pay policy. Mr Asante said if members of NAGRAT were not migrated unto
the SSSS by the end of December 2010, their services would not be
available to students when schools re-open in January 2011.
Source: GhanaWeb
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