The Amansie West District branch of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has urged the Ghana Education Service (GES) to totally absorb the cost of tuition, learning materials, and examination fees of teachers pursuing the Distance Learning Programme (DLP) to encourage more teachers to participate in the programme.
They also called on the leadership of GNAT not to relent on its efforts to ensure that the GES paid all legitimate entitlements such as transfer grant, travelling and transport allowances promptly to affected teachers.
This was contained in a resolution adopted at the end of the third quadrennial delegates' conference held at Manso-Nkwanta in Ashanti.
The resolution said responsibility allowance paid by the GES should be 20 per cent of the gross salary of affected teachers and also the idea of giving incentives to teachers in deprived areas should be made effective.
The conference elected a nine-member executive under the chairmanship of Mr Victor Owusu-Ansah for a four-year term.
Other executive members included Nana Agyemang Berhene, vice-chairman, Mr Richmond Osei Bonsu, secretary, Madam Josephine Gudu Abadzivor, treasurer and Mr Joseph Manu, trustee.