All teachers staying in government bungalows to pay 10% as rent to government
The Ghana Education Service in the Western Region has announced that ten per cent is to be deducted from the salaries of teachers occupying government bungalows.
To buttress her point Mrs Felicia Agyeibea Okai the Western Regional Director of Education referred to a circular by the Finance Ministry dated 15th May 2006 in connection with the payment.
She reiterated that teachers occupying either a school or government bungalow are supposed to pay ten per cent of their remuneration for staying in the government apartment.
In a letter addressed to all the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Directors of Education in the region, she stated, “I, therefore, write to inform you that with effect from 1st March 2022 all Teachers/Staff occupying School/Government bungalow are to pay 10% of their basic salary,” she reiterated.
