Some teacher trainees at the Presbyterian College of Education (PCE) in Akropong in the Eastern Region have declared their support for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
According to them, the NPP has outlined policies and programmes that would help improve the training of teachers in the country.
They argued that “the NPP has qualitative educational policies, as well as programmes that would ensure teacher retention and boost their performance.
They urged all teacher trainees across the country to vote massively for the NPP in the December polls.
The leader of the group, Mathias Larbi Ansah, addressing a press conference said, “We appeal to all teacher trainees in training colleges in Ghana never to think twice in voting for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
“We, the students of PCE, are overly confident in the manifesto of the NPP: we believe Ghanaian students won’t be disappointed, and certainly an Akufo-Addo administration will honour the details of this manifesto,” he added.
The trainee teachers said, “A vote for Nana Addo is a vote for moderate fees, full payment of allowances, qualitative educational standards and good job placement after school.”
They also endorsed the NPP parliamentary candidature for the Akropong constituency Nana Ama Dokua.
According to them, her contributions and commitment to the development of the college are unparalleled.
“We, the students of PCE, having met all the parliamentary candidates in the constituency, have come to the conclusion that the NPP candidate is our best bet going into 2016 elections,” Ansah said.
The students, who are unhappy with government for withdrawing their allowances, said the NPP would fulfill its promise of fully restoring the allowances when voted into power.
They criticized government for restoring the allowances of nurse trainees and leaving trainee teachers in the country to their fate.
According to them, the decision is discriminatory and intended to win sympathy votes from trainee nurses.
They wondered why President Mahama, who had earlier indicated his readiness to lose the December 7 elections due to the cancellation of the allowances, backtracked at the last-minute to pay the allowances of trainee nurses recently.
Source: Daily Guide
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Nana Abekah / whatever u beta stop doing De bidding 4 yr pay masters. Still yr party will lose. Change is coming mahama must advise himself n stop wasting state money in buying people
who and who endorse him please and when this happened in my present at the campus or where
you can never eat your cake and have it, those of us who spend 3 years and came out with just cert we wish we cld hv out wth diploma without allowance, trainee teacher must thank mahama govt for the facelift in thraining collge and the recognition of the qualification after completion. npp have bad history about training allowances, because it was busia govt who conceal it when it was in power withour any facelift and aleignment as done by mahama, akkufo addo is desperate for power and want to deceive people for power, be careful my jnr brothers and sisters
Are you sure NPP is not deceiving you?
dream that nana will win. if all training teachers vote for nana he will still loose.
Good move. Lets get rid of this incompetent govt led by c0r.rpt and confused John Mahama......