The National Council of Private Teachers has threatened to boycott the 2024 general elections if the government does not address ongoing issues in the educational sector.
The Council has expressed frustration over several problems affecting private teachers, including high taxes on private schools and the exclusion of these institutions from STEM education initiatives.
In an interview with Citi News, James Kwame Ackon, the Executive Director of the National Council of Private Teachers, detailed the reasons behind the potential boycott. He stated, “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.”
Ackon criticized the financial burdens placed on students and graduates, saying, “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 examinations, pay 550 together with indexes, and expect us to vote for them to come into power.”
He concluded by questioning the benefits of voting for the current administration, emphasizing, “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.”
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