I was happy to see my new rank (AD1) on my pay slip; unfortunately, this happiness lasted for less than a minute. This happened when I spotted the difference in my salary being GH65.00.
Then I felt very sorry for myself, my profession, my employer, my union, my country, and the future of my country. I left my family for further education in Winneba, and I spent huge sums of money and also risked my life through my travels to and fro in 2019 to acquire more or better knowledge, experience, and skills. The only compensation for me is that the Certificate (MASTER OF EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT) is now part of my CV.
Four years after I was promoted to Assistant Director II and working as an Integrated Personnel Payroll Database Coordinator (IPPD), I had to work on everything salary-related from teachers and officers across the entire district, as well as study the history, theories, policies, laws, structures, etc. of education, to be able to prepare myself for the promotion or aptitude test, and after the test, it has to take teacher unions to issue a communiqué before our results can be released. I was fortunate, and I started thanking my Creator for the success. Immediately, I saw the congratulatory message from my employer telling me that I had been promoted to Assistant Director, but the reality is that I have been given GH 65. What a sad reality.
Hmmm, after my current rank, I am expected to go through the same or more struggles to be promoted to Deputy Director, and the next rank will be Director II, which will qualify me to be a District Director.
But that is where the real struggle begins because there has to be a vacancy before I can be promoted to Director II (District Director).
Two weeks ago, there was a conversation about the movement of teachers abroad. I nearly criticized them for being unpatriotic, but upon second thought, I changed my mind.
I think that we have a lot to do together or decisions to make as individuals.
The Writer of this article is a Ghanaian Teacher
based in the Upper West Region of Ghana .