FWSC CEO proposes regional processing of teacher promotions to speed up payment of arrears
The Chief Executive Officer of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), Dr George Smith-Graham, has proposed a regional approach to processing teacher promotions to prevent delays in the payment of promotion-related arrears. According to him, processing promotion data for teachers across the entire country at once creates a significant administrative burden and can contribute […]
Dr George Smith-Graham, CEO of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), has suggested a regional method for processing teacher promotions to expedite the payment of promotional arrears. In an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse, he argued that handling promotion data for all teachers nationwide at once generates a substantial administrative burden that can lead to payment delays.
Dr Smith-Graham proposed that the Ghana Education Service could instead process promotions at regional levels. This would entail completing the processing of teachers in one region, clearing the payments, and then moving on to the next region. The current system, which consolidates promotion data nationwide, can become burdensome and slow down the payment process, according to Dr Smith-Graham.
He clarified that while the delays are due to the complexity of the current data handling, no work has been done on the promotion claims. The data processed by the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department has been paid, while additional claims are still being addressed. A more decentralized approach to processing promotions could help prevent such delays in the future, Dr Smith-Graham suggested.
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