POTAG gives gov’t 7-days to pay book & research allowance

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Kojo-Kumasi 10 years ago

Foolish issues. As we are all supposed to hold our breadth for the economy to be fixed, you are bringing forth book allowance strike. There are important and sensible arrears that has not been paid. Pls lets all help the econ ...
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Foolish issues. As we are all supposed to hold our breadth for the economy to be fixed, you are bringing forth book allowance strike. There are important and sensible arrears that has not been paid. Pls lets all help the economy to stabilize so we could all live in peacefully
Ghanaba, USA 10 years ago

If the government invest in programs that are irrelevant for the economic development of the country the country will be at a loss, irrespective of the amount of resources allocated. If we invest in programs or courses which ...
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If the government invest in programs that are irrelevant for the economic development of the country the country will be at a loss, irrespective of the amount of resources allocated. If we invest in programs or courses which do not impart skills and knowledge which can be used in the country we will still be in the dark. Secondly there is lot of redundancy or duplication of programs, e.g. each of the country’s old universities have business administration programs; how many business graduates can be absorbed by the economy, The government universities churn out over 15,000 graduates each year with varying skills and knowledge from mediocre to fair. Who is going to waste his/her money on employing graduates who cannot fairly communicate verbally or in writing, graduates who lack analytical and problem solving skills; some of these graduates don’t even possess the basic knowledge of their major fields of study. What are we teaching the children at elementary and secondary schools? How is knowledge being imparted? If college students can purchase some old photo-copied notes of their lecturers, chew and pour them without understanding the course material how do you expect them to perform in the real world.
The government should set up a committee to revamp education at each level; emphasizing on quality relevant education instead of mass production of illiterate (excuse me to say “not very uselful”) graduates and school children. We may need more technical and two-year colleges instead of 4-year useless programs.
Factually Reliable 10 years ago

What research do polytechnics lecturers do. The are the most inept people in research. When you even take journals with their research in it, you will vomit cos, it is hallow and shallow to the say the least with weak analyti ...
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What research do polytechnics lecturers do. The are the most inept people in research. When you even take journals with their research in it, you will vomit cos, it is hallow and shallow to the say the least with weak analytical tools which even b.sc, students will not make those mistakes. Their students research books supervise by them is even nauseating. What are these people doing in the polytechnics. They are just waste of resources in even paying them that huge amount of salary.Apuu tuuuu. Take your salary and stop worrying us with book and research grant which you don't have the brains to do any.
saeed mohammed-sani 10 years ago

Why POTAG taken that position?

Why POTAG taken that position?
Tweah 10 years ago

Please publish all research work done so far for the whole world to see. Negotiate for salary and stop hiding behind jargons to steal state funds.

Please publish all research work done so far for the whole world to see. Negotiate for salary and stop hiding behind jargons to steal state funds.
James 10 years ago

Government should muster the courage and abolish this useless allowance. Just allow them to trike but without paying them. they will start crawling back to beg. The problem in Ghana is that salaries are guaranteed even during ...
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Government should muster the courage and abolish this useless allowance. Just allow them to trike but without paying them. they will start crawling back to beg. The problem in Ghana is that salaries are guaranteed even during strikes.
Kojogah 10 years ago

Gov shd go forward with her new proposal with a grace period to phase out the old one may be in a yr or 2.

Gov shd go forward with her new proposal with a grace period to phase out the old one may be in a yr or 2.
Kofi Annan 10 years ago

POTAG we are tired of your foolishness. Ghana has no time for your threats . Go HEAD AND STRIKE.

POTAG we are tired of your foolishness. Ghana has no time for your threats . Go HEAD AND STRIKE.
kwabena osei 10 years ago

Pls if the NDC want us to consider the scrapping of the Book & Research allowance, the government should do well to collect the various monies the NDC has given to their members in the name of GEEDA, SADA etc.

Everybody me ...
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Pls if the NDC want us to consider the scrapping of the Book & Research allowance, the government should do well to collect the various monies the NDC has given to their members in the name of GEEDA, SADA etc.

Everybody member of UTAG/POTAG is ready to go on strike.
President Mahama please collect the monies from your friends first.
joe, kumasi 10 years ago

there is nothing legitimate about this B & R allowance tertiary teachers take. What research do they do or books do they buy with all those allowances over the years. What these teachers need is funds to carry out good resea ...
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there is nothing legitimate about this B & R allowance tertiary teachers take. What research do they do or books do they buy with all those allowances over the years. What these teachers need is funds to carry out good research that would benefit them and the nation and not fat moneys in the name of R and B allowance which they use to buy fourwheel vehicles.
LI 10 years ago

Government is not being sincere with POTAG/UTAG.How can you say you want to make something better by depositing 3.5 million out of the 10 million earmarked for this research?For the ignoramus,the B & R allowance is meant to h ...
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Government is not being sincere with POTAG/UTAG.How can you say you want to make something better by depositing 3.5 million out of the 10 million earmarked for this research?For the ignoramus,the B & R allowance is meant to help the lecturer develop his research skills,undertake research and publish eventually.
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

I was horrified and wrote to oppose these allowances when first instituted in the 1990s. The policy was completely ill-thought of. It was just an excuse for those lecturers to get something to add to their take home.

The ...
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I was horrified and wrote to oppose these allowances when first instituted in the 1990s. The policy was completely ill-thought of. It was just an excuse for those lecturers to get something to add to their take home.

The govt must be resolute in scrapping these crazy allowances. It must allow be more proactive in explaining to the public the reason for doing so.

Andy-K
Kwami - US 10 years ago

If POTAG is right, they should prove it through their publications, not strikes.

If POTAG is right, they should prove it through their publications, not strikes.

POTAG gives gov’t 7-days to pay book & research allowance

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