If the issues facing the education sector are not addressed by the government, the National Council of Private Teachers has threatened to abstain from the general elections in 2024.
The Council is bemoaning the multitude of problems that beset private educators, such as the government’s refusal to include private schools in STEM education programs and the astronomical taxes levied on private schools.
James Kwame Ackon, the executive director of the National Council of Private Teachers, outlined the rationale for the boycott in an interview with Citi News in the event that the government disregards 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.”
