The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) confirmed that 50,458 teachers out of 54,227 who passed the 2024 aptitude test have been promoted.
Additionally, 1,417 teachers removed from the payroll have had their salaries reactivated.
GNAT expressed gratitude to President John Mahama for the 20% allowance for teachers in deprived areas and the decoupling of Director 2 and Director 1 positions.
Background
GNAT had given the government up to April 30, 2025, to address all issues affecting teachers.
The issues included the non-implementation of the Scheme of Service for GES staff and the implementation of the Human Resource Management Information System, which GNAT said had caused some challenges to teachers, including delays in their salaries and promotion.
The demands were part of the directives given by the National Labour Commission after meeting three teacher unions and their employers, represented by ministries and the GES, after the unions embarked on strike on March 20 last year.
At the time, the commission communicated that “having heard the disputes and having met the parties jointly and in separate (caucus) sessions, made some findings and thereby gave some directives, among which was that since the GES had no Scheme of Service for the GES Staff, and to ensure that future appointments do not encounter such challenges, the GES must provide its staff with a Scheme of Service”.
