The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has reiterated its commitment to ensure that teachers are well motivated to enable them to give off their best.Mr Nathaniel Apronti, the Eastern Regional Secretary of GNAT, said this at a send-off ceremony for 20 retired teachers in the Birim South District at Akyem Oda.He assured teachers that the association had negotiated good conditions of service for them and pleaded with members to exercise restraint.Mr Apronti said what the association presented to the government was a completely new salary structure that took into consideration the prevailing cost of living in the country.He said under the new proposals the association was demanding that all teachers' allowances should be pegged at a percentage of one's salary instead of the present situation where allowances were fixed.Mr Apronti therefore called for co-operation from all teachers to enable the association to achieve its set goals and objectives.Mr Kofi Appiahene Osei-Akoto, the District GNAT Chairman, expressed worry about the attitude of some parents and a section of the society who make unhealthy remarks about teachers.He said such attitudes make children to lose confidence in their teachers adding that effective teaching and learning depended to a large extent on the confidence and respect that both parents and children had for the teacher.Mrs Stella K. Nanor, the District Director of Education, appealed to teachers to help improve upon teaching and learning at all times to be able to produce quality graduates.Mr Kwabena Bediako, the immediate past District Secretary of GNAT, was presented with a 24-inch colour television for his dedicated service.The retired teachers were also presented with gifts.Source: GNA