The Ghana Education Service has announced, the appointment of newly trained teachers who completed and passed the Public College of Education Examination in 2020.
The release of the appointment letters comes few months after the Ministry of Finance (MoF) last year granted the Ministry of Education (MoE), financial clearance to recruit over 16,000 teachers from the public Colleges of Education.
In a statement, released on Friday, January 21, 2022 said the appointment is applicable to persons who “passed their licensure exams, completed the mandatory National Service and applied for recruitment into the Service.”
The service then served notice that the letters can be accessed on www.gespromotions.gov.gh of which a fee of Gh¢10 is required.
Management of the GES thus directed that “Appointees are to report to the Regional Directors with their appointment letters and certificates for further directives” the statement observed.
Background
It could be recalled that, on Friday, November 19, 2021, the Ministry of Finance gave a financial clearance for the recruitment of over 16,000 newly-trained teachers by the Ghana Education Service (GES).
In a communique signed by the Deputy Minister of Finance, Abena Osei-Asare stated;
“Financial clearance is hereby granted to the Hon. Minister of Education to enable the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service to recruit sixteen thousand, eight hundred and fifty (16,850) newly trained teachers for the service.”
Meanwhile, Director-General of the GES was directed to ensure that the recruited teachers have their documents processed in time to facilitate payment of salaries.
It concluded that “the Controller and Accountant-General is requested to effect the payment of salaries of the newly trained teachers and make appropriate deductions of Social Security and Income Tax to SSNIT and the Domestic Tax Division of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) respectively.”
