The Ghana Education Service on Friday 21st January, 2022 released the postings of Newly Qualified Trained Teachers (NQTT) from the various Colleges of Education.
Like in previous years, many NQTT who express extreme dissatisfactions about their new locations tend to change their postings to a place they prefer. However, if not for genuine cases such as health related issues, NQTT should do their best to welcome their new postings.
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Four reasons why newly posted teachers must avoid Re-postings
If you didn’t get your preferred place of posting and have no choice but to accept to go wherever you’ve been posted, you’re probably disoriented right now. And it might feel like the ground is shaking under you.
Maybe you’ve been thrown far away from your friends (and boy-/girlfriend) and family members. Or maybe like some of us, your problem is not so much the distance as the remoteness and primitiveness of the communities you’ll have to reside in.
Here are some encouraging thoughts to help you deal with the disappointment and heartbreak.
- First of all, remember this: it is not a prison sentence. However unpleasant your place of posting is, remember that it could have been worse. There’s someone whose place is worse than yours is. And even if you got the worst place imaginable, remember that it still could have been worse: you could have been denied posting altogether and so go unemployed. Fortunately, that’s not the case, so, as the old saying goes, “We give thanks to God”. I guess that’s why it says on the GES website “Congratulations on your posting”! Congratulations to being given employment in these difficult times in the country.
- If you’re still having a hard time accepting your fate (as I imagine you are), maybe you need to rethink the whole thing from a different perspective – from that of those poor kids who need your help. Who knows? Maybe you’re the only chance they’ve got at acquiring a basic education. I personally wouldn’t be here today had a handful of NQTs not come to my village years ago. That is true of many of us who grew up in remote villages. So you could tell yourself that, because of you, an underprivileged child would have a better future. Seen from this perspective, your acceptance of the posting is a blessing for the children you would be teaching. Isn’t this one of the reasons they say teaching is a noble profession?
- You could also be a real agent of change wherever you’re going. Perhaps your school is locked into old ways of doing things and you are just the one they need to move forward, to make some real progress. They could benefit greatly from your knowledge. So go out and help them. It’s your time to shine, to “brighten the corner where you are”, as they say.
- Making the move might not be so bad for you personally after all. It might actually be for your own good in the end. There are probably some wonderful opportunities out there for you. For example, we’re all aware that the cost of living in the smaller towns and villages is lower than in the bigger towns and cities. Those who did their teaching practice in the remote areas can testify to that. That means you could actually save more money. You also get access to more organic foodstuff in those areas, as compared to those in the cities. I could go on and on about this but I guess you get the picture.
In the final analysis, whether you like it or not, unless you do re-posting or reject the job offer entirely, you will have to make peace with your posting and try, however painfully, to adjust to your changed circumstances. No one said it would be easy. But it can be done. Many of our predecessors have done it and lived to tell, so we know it’s possible.
