Your $760.00 per month is too small for my position – Zimbabwean Lecturer tells KNUST
A Zimbabwean lecturer, Dr Matthew Chiwaridzo has rejected a senior lecturer role at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in the Department of Physiotherapy and Sport Sciences over poor salary.
In a response letter detailing the economic reasons for his decision to decline the offer, the Zimbabwean lecturer noted that the annual salary of Ghc55, 104.05 (USD 760.00 per month) is not comparable to a monthly basic salary of a Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe (ZWL 1, 293, 708.00 per annum: USD 1.283 per month).
“Please note that I am currently in the Senior Lecturer grade (ZWL 1, 561 248.00 per annum; USD 1.500 per month) at the University of Zimbabwe by virtue of having a doctorate degree specialising in Physiotherapy, 35 publications, 2 awarded grant projects and 7 years of satisfactory teaching, industrialisation, innovation and research experience. It is for this economical reason a.e that I decline the offer of employment at KNUST and will want to explore other opportunities.”
The decision by the Zimbabwean lecturer comes days after the University Teachers Association of Ghana suspended their three-week-long strike over poor conditions of service.
Revealed by the president of UTAG Professor Charles Marfo, the entry-level salary of a lecturer is less than Ghc 2000 while a professor earns less than Ghc 5000 monthly.
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