Seasoned journalist Kwesi Pratt has criticized Daily Graphic for what he describes as a misleading report regarding the government’s stance on teacher training allowances.

Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana, he expressed confusion over the newspaper’s headline, which suggested that teacher training allowances would be scrapped, while the actual content of the article referred to allowances for tertiary students in general.

“When I read the Daily Graphic story yesterday, I was totally confused. The headline spoke about teacher training allowances, but if you read the body of the story, the minister was actually talking about allowances for tertiary students, not specifically teacher trainees,” Pratt stated.

He also pointed out that the minister’s comments on feeding allowances were misrepresented. According to him, the minister had merely questioned the rationale behind providing feeding allowances to tertiary students, but the report inaccurately linked his remarks solely to teacher trainees.

Pratt further questioned why nursing trainees, who also receive allowances, were omitted from the report.

He warned that such misreporting could create unnecessary confusion and influence secondary reports in other media outlets.

“Now, other newspapers are writing reports based on what Graphic put out yesterday. The claim that teacher training allowances will be scrapped is being repeated everywhere, and the source is Daily Graphic,” he lamented.

Calling for accuracy in reporting, Pratt emphasized that Daily Graphic, as one of Ghana’s most reputable newspapers, must uphold its credibility.

“This was a low point for Graphic,” he concluded.

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