Ecuador-based Ghanaian Woman Shares That She Makes Not Less Than About Ghc6,000 As a Teacher

Ecuador-based Ghanaian Woman Shares That She Makes Not Less Than About Ghc6,000 As a Teacher

  • Mercy, a Ghanaian woman teaching in Ecuador, has recounted how she migrated from Ghana to teach abroad after being unemployed after university
  • In an interview, the young woman revealed that she graduated from Catholic University Colledge of Ghana and had to move to Cote D'Ivoire to teach
  • She finally migrated to Ecuador where she currently makes above $600 (Ghc5,970) as a teacher

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A Ghanaian woman named Mercy has recently opened up about how she ended up in Ecuador as a teacher.

The video sighted by YEN.com.gh on the YouTube timeline of SVTV Africa had Mercy revealing that she makes above Ghc5,970 as a teacher in Ecuador.

Ghanaian teacher in Ecuador states she would not accept salary below Ghc6,000
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Sharing more about her story, the teacher recounted that she completed Catholic University Colledge of Ghana and was unemployed after school. As a way of helping her, her mother, who used to sell flour, gave her one of her shops to manage and keep the proceeds, but the business was unfortunately not that profitable.

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Eventually, she got the opportunity to work as a teacher in Cote D'Ivoire until she was prompted by a friend to apply as a teacher in Ecuador. She did that, went through an interview and successfully excelled. According to Sandra, her first salary was $150 (GH₵1,492) and she currently makes above $600 (Ghc5,970).

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Mercy shared more about her journey in the video linked below;

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Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that a Ghanaian man by the name of Benjamin Kwakye was recently granted an interview by DJ Nyami on SVTV Africa where he opened up about how his teaching career came to an end due to his Ghanaian accent.

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The video sighted by YEN.com.gh on YouTube had Benjamin recounting that he was once a basic school teacher until he got the chance to travel abroad after getting married.

When he arrived in the US, he struggled understanding anything people around him would say due to the accent and also had issues with people understanding what he says.

Knowing that there was a communication barrier, Benjamin felt there was no way he would teach for people there to understand him hence made the decision to part ways with his teaching career and embrace a new one.

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