Teachers are allowed to partake in the 2021 population census- GES

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) wishes to inform all Regional Directors ofEducation to take note and to communicate same to staff the urgency of teachers’ importance in the2021 population census. The Director-General of Ghana Education Service, Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwah has advisedDirectors of Education to allow teachers to partake in the Ghana … Read more

Methodist Church Ghana reject GES directive for Muslim students to fast in SHS

The Methodist Church Ghana has strongly rejected the directive made by the Ghana Education service to Wesley Girls Senior High school to allow Muslim students to fast during Ramadan. In a statement signed by Rt. Rev. Michael A. Bossman, the church stated clearly that “it took a strong exception” to the decision emphasizing that it … Read more

GES position on students desire to observe religious obligations in schools

Our attention has been drown to various media reports relating to a recent occurrence at Wesley Girls High School, Cape Coast. started with a student who requested of the School Authorities tobe allowed to fast during Ramadan Fasting is undertaken by students for various reasons and observed differently by the respective groupings have had varied … Read more

Electoral Commission donates PPEs to GES

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana today donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to the Ghana Education Service (GES) at a ceremony in Accra.The donated PPE’s comprises 15,000 pieces of liquid soaps, 15,000 hand sanitizers, 66,000 transparent face (mask) shields and 5,000 Re-usable Face Mask. All the items are to be distributed to schools and education … Read more

Here is the GES approved academic calendar for SHS for the 2021 Academic year

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has adjusted the academic calendar and datesfor Senior High Schools (SHS) for the 2021 Academic Year and wishes to inform all Heads of Schoolsto take note and to communicate the same to staff, students and parents. Below are the reopening and vacation dates for the various cohorts … Read more

Teachers who qualify for Transfer Grants should take notice of this.

Ghana Education Service (GES) has asked all the District directors of Education to compile a list of teachers who have qualified for transfer grants, car maintenance allowance, and the other allowance for the 2019 and 2020 academic years. Qualified Teachers are hereby encouraged to submit their supporting documents to their district Educational Directors for verification … Read more

Newly posted teachers called on GES and CAGD, to rescind half payment of January’s salary and pay them in full.

The newly posted teachers who received their appointment letters dated 30th November 2020, just finished their biometric data in March 2021, and were expecting to receive their salaries in full but have been slapped with disappointment after the validation window for April was open on the 19th of April 2021. Upon going through their validation … Read more

UCC draw the attention of Ges to allow JHS teachers to complete their 3-semester bachelor degree end- of- exam

The management of the university of cape coast in charge of the 3-semester bachelor’s degree top-up program has officially notified the Ghana Education Service (Ges) to allows JHS teachers who will be going to their various schools to write their 3-semesters bachelor degree end of semester examination. SPECIAL TOP-UP PROGRAMME FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS … Read more

Eduwatch petition speaker of parliament to order the PAC to summon Get-fund and Ges.

Every year, Educational Institutions appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament to answer questions on financial irregularities in the Auditor-General’s (A-G) Report. In 2019, the A-G published a Performance Audit on GETFund Scholarships, where millions were misapplied. Recommendations were made to improve efficiency, but how far have these been implemented by GETFund? Is … Read more

12 facts by NAFCO and GES that refute the claim by Mr. Kofi Asare that SHS do not buy eggs again for students

The attention of the National Food Buffer Stock Company Limited has been drawn to a widely circulated Facebook Post originally authored by Mr. Kofi Asare, Executive Director of Africa Education Watch on a purported investigation on why Senior High Schools are not buying eggs now as it used to be the case in the period … Read more