The National President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Phillipa Larsen says the Ghana Education Service must bear the cost of the monies demanded from teachers to renew their licenses every two years else no teacher will pay a pesewa until a negotiable amount is agreed upon.

Newly trained teachers are to be charged GH¢150 whiles those in service will pay GH¢200 for the licensing program; an approach endorsed to enforce discipline and eliminate non-performing teachers from the system in accordance with the new Teachers Licensing Policy under the Education Act 778 (2008).

"There have been a series of meetings where we have started discussions on how much these in-service teachers have to pay for the registration and renewal. These teachers were appointed before 2018 and came through the licensure examinations. So these are issues we have to sit down with the NTC to come out with a figure. 

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"At our last meeting, we realized that our inputs were not captured in the document. So we are protesting strongly until we discuss the issue and come to a conclusion on how many in-service teachers should pay. No teacher will pay a pesewa until all the teacher unions come to together to negotiate," he said.

Three teacher Unions have asked their members to refrain payment until a reasonable amount is agreed with the National Teaching Council.

The license according to report will be renewed each year after they have gone through professional development programmes and appraisals to get their licenses renewed.