By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), an education policy research and advocacy organisation that consistently advocates for more efficient use of resources in the education sector, Mr. Kofi Asare, has described the government’s allocation of GH¢203 million for the Teacher Trainee Allowance in the 2025 budget as a wasteful expenditure.
Commenting on the presentation of the 2025 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government to Parliament on Accra-based Citi FM’s ‘Eyewitness News,’ Mr. Asare urged the government to reconsider its approach.
“We have also allocated GH¢203 million for the payment of the Teacher Trainee allowances and
another GH¢480 million for Nursing Trainee allowances,” Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, said on March 11, 2025.
But Eduwatch believes that allocating GH¢203 million for the payment of teacher trainee allowances is a wasteful spending.
“I don’t think that allocating over GHS200 million for teacher trainee allowance is a game changer.
It is a wasteful expenditure, and we encourage the government to depart from that narrative,” Mr. Asare reiterated.
