The Ghana Education Service has assured aggrieved teachers of provisions in the 2025 national budget to facilitate their payments.

The Service expressed optimism that the necessary funds would be released soon to facilitate the payments to the teachers to ensure smooth academic work.

A statement signed by Mr Daniel Afenyi, the Head of Public Relations, GES, copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the teachers were posted in September 2024 but delays in the issuance of staff IDs affected the payment of their salaries.

The aggrieved teachers on Monday, June 23, picketed at the headquarters of GES to express their dissatisfaction over the issue, hoping for an amicable solution to their challenges.

The statement said the current GES management inherited the challenge of an expired financial clearance, which directly impacted the timely processing of the teachers’ salaries.

“This clearance, which permitted their payment, expired on December 31, 2024,” it said.

Despite inheriting this situation, the statement said the GES had been working diligently to secure a new financial clearance.

“To fast-track the resolution process, a technical committee has been formed, including five representatives from the affected teachers,” the statement said.

“This committee is actively collaborating with GES Management and has already made significant progress.”

The statement appealed for coordinated, unified, and consistent representation from the teachers to address the issue in an efficient manner.

It expressed concern over the frequent emergence of new groups with shifting leadership, making it challenging to track the issues effectively and ensure progress.

The statement said the leadership of GES had made teacher welfare and career progression a top priority to improve learning outcomes.

“We are dedicated to ensuring that all staff are appropriately placed and compensated for their invaluable contributions,” it said.

“To date, over 50,000 teaching and non-teaching staff have received their due promotions, been placed on appropriate salary scales, and are receiving their corresponding entitlements.”

The statement stressed that work was ongoing to process the long-overdue promotions of teachers due for the rank of deputy director, many of whom have been in the same rank for over 10 years.

Mr Simon Coffie, Convener, Aggrieved Teachers, commended the GES for the swift response to their grievances and looked forward to addressing them soon.

“We have decided to wait patiently and hope that the assurances from the government will be adhered to in order to prevent further actions,” he said.