The Ministry of Education has assured Parliament that teachers employed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) but yet to receive financial clearance will soon be fully onboarded.
This commitment came during a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sitting, where Committee Chair, Abena Osei Asare, raised concerns over the prolonged delay in salary payments for newly recruited teachers—some of whom have gone unpaid for over eight months.
“I am glad the Ministry is taking this matter seriously,” Mrs. Osei Asare noted. “These are people who have been working without pay, and it’s important that we show them the state has not abandoned them,” she pleaded.
Responding to the issue, Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Clement Apaak, acknowledged the delays and assured the committee that efforts were underway to resolve them.
“Honourable Chair, I agree with you entirely,” Dr. Apaak said. “These are Ghanaians. They are our relatives, our sons and daughters, and our constituents. I can assure you that the Honourable Minister has been working assiduously to secure the needed clearance for this issue to be resolved.”
He added that the Ministry of Education had been in continuous engagement with both the Ministry of Finance and Parliament to expedite the clearance process.
“There have been regular consultations with the Finance Ministry to ensure that the necessary approvals are granted. We are committed to ensuring that these teachers receive what is due them,” he further stated.
Providing further details, Director-General of the GES, Professor Ernest Davis, disclosed that although 15,755 teachers received financial clearance since last year, only 10,112 had been fully processed.
“Nearly 6,000 teachers were left out for one reason or another,” Prof. Davis said. “The current Management inherited this process, and while over 6,000 teachers were already onboarded, the exercise was unfortunately interrupted.”
He explained that affected applicants were subsequently instructed to reactivate their clearances to continue the process and secure official postings.
The Public Accounts Committee hearing is part of ongoing efforts to address irregularities flagged in the Auditor-General’s report, including personnel and payroll issues across the education sector.
