The government would establish a 20% allowance for rural teachers to encourage them to accept and stay in underserved districts.
President John Dramani Mahama announced at his State of the Nation Address (#SONA2025) in Parliament on Thursday, February 27, 2025.
“To motivate teachers and improve education in rural areas, the government will implement a 20 percent allowance for teachers who accept postings to deprived communities,” he explained.
Mr Mahama stated that district assemblies would be in charge of monitoring the system to ensure that facilitators remained in their allocated positions.
He also announced intentions to build teacher housing units in remote regions under the Teacher Dabre Initiative.
“No new school will be built without teacher accommodations,” he stated, emphasising that teacher well-being is critical to strengthening education across the country.