REVIEW SERVICE CONDITIONS OF STAFF OF GIJ (DAILY GRAPHIC)

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Story by: Jasmine Arku

The Acting Director of the Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL), Mr Christopher K. Angkosaala, has called on the Government to review the condition of service of members of staff of the institute to reflect its tertiary status.
He said since the institute attained its tertiary status in 1999, it was still being governed by the NLC Decree Act 324 of 1969, of which the institute had outgrown.
Mr Angkosaala made the call at the 9th matriculation of the institute of 300 admitted students.
He explained that, the condition of service of members of staff had affected their renumeration which did not commensurate the work they did at the tertiary level, adding that, "it is an immesurable sacrifice that qualified staff have worked for a lifetime in the institute only to live on dregs and coins at the time of retiement".
Mr Angkosaala grieved that the state of affairs had resulted in high turn over of staff and the refusal of potential employees to accept appointment offers and expressed the hope that through the Single Spine Salary Structure, the Committee on Fair Wages and Salaries and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning would address the problem as they did for some undeserved institutions like the police service.
He however mentioned that, the GIL Board and all stakeholders were enjoined to work together to get the drafted bill of the institute form atted, processed and passed in order to iron out all related constraints posed by the obsolte bill.
He disclosed that the institute had update d its programmes and had plans of introducing modular courses such as a Bachelor of Arts in Bilingual Secretaryship to meet the competion that were posed by other language institutions in the country.
Mr Angkosaala acknowledged the efforts of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) for the construction of a two storey 18-unit classroom block and an amphitheatre which was about 75% complete at Okponglo in Accra and implored for the provision of language laboratories, multimedia equipment, a library and staff accomodation in order to increase enrollment, enhance performance and generate more funds to augment government subvention.
The Institute which was established in 1961 currently offers Degree programmes in translation, Diploma in Bilingual Secretaryship and a Proficiency Certificate in Languages.
He said, the institute was still acting under the NLCD Act 324 of 1969

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