THE Volta Regional Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Nana Pobee Asomaning Darko,has urged proprietors of private educational institutions to update their knowledge on emerging trends in the labour market in order to operate according to laid down regulations.
He said it was important to be guided by relevant laws pertaining to the recruitment of teachers and other staff in order not to infringe on the labour law.
Nana Asomaning-Darko said this when he addressed heads and proprietors of private schools in the Volta Region at a day’s workshop to promote the expansion and growth of private schools in the region at Ho on Thursday.
It was organised by the Volta Regional branch of GNAT with a Ho-based non-governmental organisation, Community Action, as service provider under the sponsorship of the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund (BUSAC).
Nana Asomaning allayed the fears of the participants that the workshop was organised with the aim of coercing them to become members of GNAT or to be unionised.
He added that it was rather to their advantage to gain the exposure to the labour act in order to operate more efficiently.
Nana Asomaning, however, urged the participants to consider becoming members of GNAT or affiliate members since there were several advantages to be derived.
The Executive Director of Community Action, Mr Orisha Afa, said the region had been acknowledged as the cradle of education from which a high calibre of human resource were produced.
He said although private schools were considered as a business entity, it was incumbent upon them to be abreast with laws guiding education as well as government policies on education.
The participants brainstormed on an overview of the Labour Act, and the benefits and disadvantages of unionisation.
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