The National Council of Private Teachers has threatened to boycott the 2024 general elections unless the government addresses the educational sector’s challenges.
The Council is lamenting the plethora of issues affecting private teachers, including exorbitant taxes on private schools and the government’s failure to incorporate private schools in STEM education initiatives.
In an interview with Citi News, the Executive Director of the National Council of Private Teachers, James Kwame Ackon, highlighted the reasons behind the proposed boycott, should the government fail to heed 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 550 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.”