‘It will be inexcusable for gov’t not to honour payment of teachers’ arrears by 30th October’ – Haruna Iddrisu
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu says the Ministry will pursue supplementary funding to facilitate payment of promoted teachers once the Ghana Education Service completes processing their details.
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has stated the government's determination to pay supplementary arrears to promoted teachers by October 30th. During a visit to GES staff on October 4, Mr Iddrisu revealed the government expects at least 51,000 promoted teachers' details to be ready for submission to the Controller and Accountant-General's Department (CAGD).
Once this data is processed, the Minister of Finance will be directed to provide the supplementary payments. The GES has been given until Monday, October 5, to complete and submit the necessary details. GES Director-General Prof Ernest Kofi Davis assured that the Service is actively working on reconciling the data with the Controller's team, targeting to submit between 51,000 and 52,000 promoted teachers' information.
Teacher unions, including GNAT, NAGRAT, and PRETAG, have highlighted concerns over delayed promotions and outstanding arrears in their ongoing industrial action.
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