The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is working closely with the Ministry of Finance to resolve salary delays and documentation challenges facing newly posted teachers recruited in 2024.
In a statement signed by Public Relations Officer Daniel Fenyi on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, GES confirmed that formal steps have been taken to secure an extension of the expired financial clearance, which has stalled salary payments for hundreds of teachers.
The Service explained that of the 12,807 graduates recruited from the Colleges of Education in 2024, 9,950 received their Staff Identification Numbers (Staff IDs) and salaries by December.
However, 2,113 teachers, though issued Staff IDs, remain unpaid due to the expiration of financial clearance at the end of 2024.
A further 582 teachers are yet to receive Staff IDs, largely due to documentation errors, including mismatched Ghana Card details, SSNIT numbers, and self-reposting cases.
The statement follows a protest by the affected teachers on Monday, June 23, 2025, at the GES headquarters, where they demanded immediate action on nearly 10 months of unpaid salaries and the outstanding issuance of Staff IDs.
GES noted that upon assuming office, the current management initiated a nationwide staff validation exercise in March 2025 to address recruitment irregularities and verify legitimately posted teachers.
Additionally, a technical committee involving representatives of the aggrieved teachers has been established to improve communication and fast-track resolution efforts.
GES assured that the Ministry of Finance has made budgetary provision for the affected teachers in the 2025 National Budget, pending the extension of financial clearance to process outstanding payments.
“The present GES Management, upon assuming office, immediately undertook a nationwide staff validation exercise from 7th-14th March 2025 to confirm genuinely recruited teachers and clean up recruitment anomalies. This followed revelations of irregularities as captured in recent audit reports. A technical committee, including representatives of the aggrieved teachers, has been set up to ensure prompt communication, feedback and coordination.”
“Letters have been sent through the Minister for Education to the Ministry of Finance requesting an extension of the expired financial clearance to allow for payment processing. Fortunately, a budgetary allocation was made in the 2025 budget statement. GES is actively working to resolve recruitment backlogs and to prevent recurrence by addressing systemic issues in the recruitment process.”
The Service urged the teachers to exercise patience as efforts to resolve the matter near completion and reaffirmed its commitment to accountability, teacher welfare, and strengthening Ghana’s education sector.
