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. |
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