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  Within the past five years or so many nurses and doctors have left Ghana for the United Kingdom to work. This is mainly due to obvious reasons – poor working conditions in Ghana. The effects of this exodus could be very serious if not tackled with the urgency it requires. Nurses and doctors are human and would always want better working conditions especially when their current condition and remuneration is nothing to write home about. Another group of people with very poor working conditions if not the poorest is teachers. Many teachers I know have been looking for ways to leave the country just like the nurses and doctors. Even though some few Ghanaian teachers have been able to migrate to teach in countries like China and Vietnam, the UK has always been the ideal destination for most Ghanaians. One barrier blocking most teachers from migrating to the UK to teach is how to acquire a QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) right here in Ghana. The QTS is the license a teacher needs to acq