GES should consider regional processing of teacher promotions – FWSC CEO
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.
Dr. George Smith-Graham, the CEO of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), has suggested a regional approach to processing teacher promotions in Ghana. This proposal aims to avoid delays in the payment of promotion-related arrears. In an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse, Dr. Smith-Graham stated that processing promotion data for teachers nationwide simultaneously creates a significant administrative burden.
He suggested that the Ghana Education Service (GES) could move towards regional processing, where authorities would handle promotions in one region at a time, clear payments, and then move on to the next region. This approach would help alleviate the overwhelming nature of currently compiling promotion data from across the country, which slows down the payment process.
Dr. Smith-Graham acknowledged that the delays in payment were not due to a lack of work on promotion claims, but rather due to the complex data from the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department. He clarified that the data processed so far has been paid, while additional claims have emerged, and the department is currently working on these additional claims.
A more decentralized approach to processing promotions could potentially prevent such delays in the future.
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