Ghana’s Most Outstanding Teacher for 2023, Faith Aku Dzakpasu, has asked for better remuneration for Ghanaian teachers.
37-year-old female, Faith Aku Dzakpasu, a teacher at the GRETA ‘D’ Shepherd Two Basic School at Awoshie in the Ga Central Municipality has been adjudged the Most Outstanding Teacher for 2023.
For her prize, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who was the guest of honour, presented Mrs Dzakpasu, a mother of two, with a prototype of a three-bedroom apartment, worth GH¢450,000, to be built at a place of her choice in any part of the country.
She was also presented with GH¢1 million worth of insurance from the State Insurance Company (SIC) and 1,000 exercise books at a colourful ceremony at the Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) in Takoradi.
October 5th is World Teachers Day, a day set aside to acknowledge and honour teachers for their immense contributions to nurturing the country’s human resources.
In Ghana, the National Best Teachers Award was instituted in 1994 and later renamed the Ghana Teachers Prize.
In an exclusive interview with host of Atinka FM’s “AM Drive”, Obidihye Kwaku Atiemo, Faith Aku Dzakpasu said the salary of teachers poses a major challenge in the education sector.
She revealed that an upgrade in the salaries of teachers will go a long way to augment some expenses teachers incur in their line of duty.
Faith Aku Dzakpasu reiterated the critical role that teachers have played and continue to play in Ghana’s development and emphasized that they deserve to be recognized citing as increase in salary as a form of recognition.
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