The Ministry of Education has directed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to ensure that over 6,200 newly recruited teachers and non-teaching staff who recently picketed over unpaid salaries are paid by the end of November 2025.
This follows financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance, which allows the affected staff to be placed on the GES payroll system.
At a press briefing in Accra, the Deputy Director-General of GES, Professor Smile Dzisi, confirmed the directive and outlined steps being taken to address the concerns of the aggrieved staff.
“Following the approval from Cabinet and our sector minister, Haruna Iddrisu, we have been directed to immediately complete the process of mechanization for all recruited staff who are yet to be paid. This payment will be made by the end of November 2025,” Prof. Dzisi announced.
She disclosed that a total of 6,249 teaching and non-teaching staff are affected, and the payment process has already begun.
“We are starting the process today to ensure that all 6,249 affected staff will be paid by the end of November,” he said.
Breaking down the categories, Prof. Dzisi explained: “From the colleges of education, we have 2,113 staff who have staff ID numbers but have not been paid. These are the teachers who have been picketing, and now that we have clearance, we are processing their documents for payment.”
He added that there are 582 staff without staff ID numbers who are also being processed for inclusion.
“The second category includes 2,650 graduates from other universities and 298 diploma holders, all yet to be processed. Additionally, we have 606 non-teaching staff who are currently working but have not been put on the payroll.”
Professor Dzisi called on all regional and district directors of education to act quickly to ensure prompt payment.
“We want to implore all our regional and district directors of education to urgently submit all outstanding documents by tomorrow so we can begin working on them immediately,” he urged.
The GES says it is committed to resolving the issue promptly to ensure teachers and education workers are not left stranded.
