Qualified teachers to apply for car maintenance allowance and transfer grants – GES

The management of the Ghana Education Service has officially disclosed to all teachers who qualify for car maintenance allowance and transfer grants to as matter of urgency apply to their District Education office before the scheduled date. Car maintenance allowance and transfer grants are allowances given to in-service teachers who qualify to take those allowances … Read more

2021 BECE provisional results has been released – GES

The West African Examinations Council wishes to inform its numerous publics that it has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the 2021 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School Candidates. The Council will despatch the results to the schools through the Metropolitan/Municipal/District Directors of Education. Meanwhile, the Council has hosted … Read more

Concerns raised by Teacher unions in the 18th Feb. 2022 press conference finally addressed – GES

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) last week raised concerns that are affecting teachers in the pretertiary schools in the country. According to the management of the Ghana Education Service, as part of salary administration of the Public Service. salaries are validated every month before they are paid. The system involves validators confirming names … Read more

Lesson notes must be prepared and approved – GES warned

There has been a major controversy by teachers, District Directors of Education, School Improvement, and Support Officers as to whether lesson notes should be prepared by writing in a notebook or printed. The Ministry of Education has officially given a green light to teachers to either submit lesson notes electronically or submitted manually depending on … Read more

Teacher unions to strike over salary issues

The leadership of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has threatened strike action should government fail to restore the names of teachers that have been taken off from the payroll. According to the president of NAGRAT Mr. Angel Carbonu, the reason given by the management of the Ghana Education Service for deletion of such … Read more

Salaries validation: No validator should refuse to validate any teacher on the basis of any reason – GES to validators

According to the management of the Ghana Education Service, their attention has been drawn to severalreports of some staff having their names going off the payroll. In some instances, it is reported that the names have gone off due to non-validation by accreditedvalidators of such staff purely as a punitive measure based on personal disagreements … Read more

Teacher unions have negotiated and agreed with the contact hours for Basic schools – GES

The management of the three major teacher unions Ghana National Association of Teachers GNAT, National Association of Graduate Teachers NAGRAT, and Coalition of Concern Teachers Ghana CCTGH have officially disclosed that they have unanimously negotiated and agreed with the contact hours teachers are to spend in schools in the country. Following the concerns raised by … Read more

Provide Schools with furniture and other materials needed – CHASS to Gov’t

The leadership of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior Secondary Schools has called on the government and other stakeholders in Education to provide Basic schools in the country with furniture and food to keep the schools running. The president of CHASS is appealing to the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to … Read more

Bulk messages to be send to BECE candidates parents for confirmation – GES

The Management of Ghana Education Service (GES) brings to the notice of aparents, teachers, 2021 BECE candidates, and the general public, the following: As part of measures to ensure a smooth Placement this year, theComputerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) Secretariat has made available the choices of schools selected by the 2021 BECE Candidates … Read more

GES has officially postponed the 3-4 days online training workshop for teachers

The management of the Ghana Education Service has officially postponed the invitation for teachers to attend 3-4 days of online training on the one-teacher one laptop initiative. Management of Ghana Education Service (GES) will like to inform you that the online ICTtraining in connection with the One Teacher One Laptop initiative scheduled for 16thFebruary 2022 … Read more