Committee set up to validate teachers eligible for 20% deprived-area allowance – Education Minister
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, says the government has established a committee to validate data and determine which teachers qualify for the proposed 20 per cent deprived-area allowance.
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu announced that the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department will validate data on up to 51,000 teachers to ensure payment of outstanding promotion arrears. The validation process will influence a supplementary payment schedule for one group of teachers, while the payments of others will be included in their October salaries.
The Minister spoke to the media on Friday, October 2, following a meeting with striking teacher unions. Promotion arrears were one of the three core issues raised by the unions. The government pledged to implement new grades for all promoted teachers by the end of October. The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department will continue the validation process starting Monday, October 5.
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