Official update on 2023 base pay negotiations

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission invited organized Labour Unions to another round table meeting today Tuesday 20th December 2022 to negotiate on the 2023 base pay for all public sector workers. The information available to our news team indicates that today’s meeting has been called off indefinitely following the failure of the government side … Read more

Official update on teachers’ promotions/upgrading/transfer grant – GES

Management of the Ghana Education Service entreats all Regional Directors to kindly re-submit to the Ag. Director, HRMD, SOFT COPIES of all outstanding salary/Allowance issues in the Region. These outstanding issues are as follows: Kindly use the attached excel sheets for completion. Please note that you are to submit via hrdirectorate@ges.gov.gh by the close of … Read more

The 2022/2023 academic calendar is officially out – GES

The management of the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Education has officially released the 2022/2023 academic year calendar for all public basic schools (KG – SHS3) in the country. For KG/Primary/JHSThe first term will commence on 10th January 2023 and end on 20th April 2023 making 14 weeks of school sessions. The first … Read more

2022/2023 College of Education admission is officially out. Check your status here.

The management of the 46 public Colleges of Education has officially released the admission list of applicants who qualified for admission for the 2022/2023 academic year. Click here to check. How to get your student application number In an official notice to applicants, the management of various Colleges of Education has started sending SMS messages … Read more

The 2022 GES promotion test has been postponed to February 2023.

The management of the Ghana Education Service has officially notified all staff of the service of the postponement of the 2022 promotions aptitude test date. According to management of the service, the 2022 promotions aptitude test date has been postponed to February 2023 due to some internal challenges in the service. Management of the service … Read more

Not more than 50% of the Capitation grant should be used to conduct 3rd term Examination – GES

The management of the Ghana Education Service has officially written to notify metropolitan/municipal/district Director of education about the payment of the Capitation grant to basic schools. According to the management of the Ghana Education Service, less than 50% of the Capitation grant amount should be used to conduct the 2022 third-term Examination for the pupils. … Read more

Basic school’s new vacation date, 2022/2023 reopening dates confirmed – GES

The management of the Ghana Education Service has officially released a letter indicating that the vacation dates of all public basic schools in the country have been shifted from 15th December 2022 to Friday 16th December 2022. According to the management of the Ghana Education Service due to circumstances beyond their control, all public basic … Read more

Application for GETfund Scholarship for 2022/23 academic is open. Apply here

The Ghana Education Trust Fund is accepting applications for Local scholarships for the 2022/23 Academic year. The effective opening date for applications is Thursday, 8th December 2022 and closing date for applications is Tuesday, 31st January 2023. Click here to apply All applicants are required to complete their application form via the GETFund Scholarship Portal … Read more

Official update on 2023 base pay negotiations

The Government side (Ministry of Employment and Labour Relation, Fair Wages and Salaries Commission) and the Organized Labour Unions have met several times to determine the 2023 base pay for public sector workers but all the meets have ended in a stalemate. Due to inflation and other hard economic conditions, Organized Labour Unions proposed 60% … Read more

44,000 teachers failed Ghana teachers’ Examination – Dr. Christian Addai

The Registrar of the National Teaching Council (NTC) Dr. Christian Addai Poku has officially disclosed that 44,000 out of those who wrote the 2022 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE) failed the exam. DR. Christian Addai Poku noted that the results of the teachers were worrying considering the poor performance of teachers who are supposed to … Read more