{"id":233622,"date":"2016-07-23T12:16:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T12:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=233622"},"modified":"2016-07-23T12:16:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T12:16:27","slug":"stay-out-of-subsidies-row-ges-warns-gnat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/stay-out-of-subsidies-row-ges-warns-gnat\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay out of subsidies row – GES warns GNAT"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ghana Education Service (GES), has asked the Ghana National Association of Teachers, GNAT, not to interfere in the matter of subsidy payments between \u00a0the Service and the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools, (CHASS.)<\/p>\n
CHASS, earlier this week, issued a threat to close down<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Senior High Schools (SHS) nationwide, following delays by the government in paying the subsidies.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”M0Y6z2tbHZOoLHFSq4stzJf8Jt8hs4no”]GNAT waded into the row, hinting that they might declare a nationwide strike<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in September 2016, if the subsidy arrears of the various second-cycle institutions are not paid.<\/p>\n However, the GES, has said that GNAT\u2019s threat is out of place as it is not part of CHASS and had no stake in the matter.<\/p>\n “The Ghana Education Service has nothing to do with GNAT, NAGRAT or any teacher union as far as subventions, capitation grant, progressively free education; all the concerns that were raised by CHASS, GNAT has nothing to do with this,”\u00a0the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of GES, Jonathan Bettey told Citi News<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know where they are coming from saying that they will go on strike if we don\u2019t solve the issues of CHASS. NAGRAT, GNAT, any other teacher unions are not part of CHASS. If they are members, they are not standing in as CHASS. What we are telling GNAT is that they are teachers; we are solving the issues for CHASS members.\u201d<\/p>\n According to him, the GES had already begun\u00a0talks with the leadership of CHASS and that the issues raised by the headteachers were being addressed.<\/p>\n \u201cThe GES Director General is dealing with the management and executives of NAGRAT. We have received their concerns and are addressing them and we are expecting that in no time all they have raised will be answered.\u00a0The government is aware of what is going on, management of the Ministry of Education as well as the Ghana Education Service are aware of what their concerns are. We will solve their issues and the issue is between the Director General and CHASS.\u201d<\/p>\n