{"id":1176136,"date":"2022-08-12T20:38:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/12\/why-pay-us-less-teachers-in-nursing-training-schools-fume-as-7-day-protest-begins\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T20:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:38:46","slug":"why-pay-us-less-teachers-in-nursing-training-schools-fume-as-7-day-protest-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/12\/why-pay-us-less-teachers-in-nursing-training-schools-fume-as-7-day-protest-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Why pay us less? &#8211; Teachers in nursing training schools fume as 7-day protest begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"Why pay us less? - Teachers in nursing training schools fume as 7-day protest begins\" title=\"Why pay us less? - Teachers in nursing training schools fume as 7-day protest begins\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>The Nurse Educator\u2019s Group, a specialized group under Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has commenced a seven-day industrial action targeted at drawing the attention of the Ministry of Health to address issues relating to the payment of as many as nine allowances. <\/p>\n<p>The group argued that their demand stems from the recent economic challenges which have shot up the cost of living. <\/p>\n<p>The Group, at the end of its 2022 Annual General Meeting held at Sunyani, called for the review of the research and book allowance as well as other eight allowances which are due its members.<\/p>\n<p>Per the schedule contained in a release to the press, the Group says that it will commence the wearing of red arm\/wrist bands in all health training institutions from 11th \u2013 17th August, 2022, 18th \u2013 19th August, 2022 \u2013 withdrawal of care-study supervision and conduct of mid-semester exams if nothing is done to resolve the matter.<\/p>\n<p>They added that there would be the withdrawal of classroom teaching and other services in all health training institutions by 2nd September, 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"pag1mVqgEBg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why pay us less? - Nursing training teachers fume as 7-day protest begins\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pag1mVqgEBg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>The Pulse<\/strong> on the <strong>JoyNews<\/strong> Channel, Friday, the Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the group, John-Paul Semanyo lamented the unfair treatment meted out to teachers in the various nursing training colleges across the country.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the situation is at variance with the condition of their counterparts in other institutions of higher learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been crying foul for a long time. It is not like what we are doing here is different from what our colleagues in some universities do. So why pay us less, a meager allowance for that matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nurse Educator\u2019s Group, a specialized group under Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has commenced a seven-day industrial action targeted at drawing the attention of the Ministry of Health to address issues relating to the payment of as many as nine allowances. 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