A coalition of teacher unions has threatened industrial action if government fails to enroll newly promoted teachers onto their respective salary scales under the automatic promotion system by Monday, August 31.
The unions say their decision follows a directive from the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department that differs from an earlier assurance by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to implement the promotion policy by August.
Speaking at a media briefing in Accra on Thursday, August 27, General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah, described the directive as unlawful and said the unions would take all necessary steps to secure their demands.
“We the teacher unions, we have no option than to make it clear that the automatic promotion of teachers or placement of teachers on the required grade as to where they should be on the promotion as of the results that came out, they should be put on their respective scales by close of work on Monday, 31st August, 2026, as promised by the Ghana Education Service.
“Failure to do so, whatever happens thereafter, His Excellency should hold the agency heads there responsible. We, the teacher unions, we cannot restrain any teacher from that particular day,” he said.
Meanwhile, President of the Pre-Tertiary Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG), Jacob Anaba, accused the GES of failing to provide data on the outcome of the teacher promotional examinations.
“Over the years, when teachers write promotional exams and the results are released, we are given statistics of those that passed and those that failed; the number and the percentage. We are also given another breakdown of the number of people that passed to Deputy Director, Assistant Director I, Assistant Director II, Principal Superintendent. This time, all that has not been done,” he said.
Source:- channelnews.com
