GES denies cutting 2025 teachers, non-teaching recruitment to 50k

The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has not reduced the number of teachers and non-teaching staff expected to be recruited this academic year from 60,000 to 50,000, as widely reported on social media.

GES’s comment comes after a purported statement it has described as fake, saying plans are underway for the Ghana Education Service to open the recruitment portal to 50,000 fresh teaching and non-teaching staff into the service.

The fake statement dated August 19, 2025, said applicants are obliged to apply through the Ghana Education Service (GES) website: (https://gespromotions.gov.gh) or by using a Manual Application.

“Applicants are entitled to attach and submit documents, including National ID, Passport Picture, Educational Certificate, Birth Certificate, National Teaching Licensure  Certificate, National Service Certificate, Social Security, and National Insurance trust (SNNIT) to the Regional office for a successful Validation after the Appointment Letter is received,” it stated.

But the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) debunking the claim in a social media post sighted by Pretertiary.com said members of the general public should treat any such information as untrue and fake.

Meanwhile, the Minister in Charge of Education and Tamale South Member of Parliament, Honourable Haruna Iddrisu, has said plans are underway for the central government to recruit 50,000 teachers and 10,000 non-teaching staff this academic year.

The Minister of Education, addressing the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, said adequate provisions have been made in the 2025 national budget for the mass recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff.

“Mr. Speaker, as I have assured this House, 50,000 teachers will be recruited, along with 10,000 non-teaching staff. Adequate provision was made for this in the 2025 budget,” Mr Haruna Iddrisu told Parliament on Wednesday.

The Education Minister said the impending recruitment of the 50,000 teachers and 10,000 non-teaching staff in the country forms part of President John Mahama’s administration’s efforts to strengthen the education sector.

Mr Haruna Iddrisu said the process would begin once the Finance Minister had given the clearance and the Auditor-General had completed a validation process to get rid of ghost names on teachers’ payroll.

The Member of Parliament for Tamale South also said that the central government is working to address outstanding posting concerns of the newly posted trained teachers from the 2022 batch of College of Education graduates.

He cited an ongoing dialogue with Bafour Eric, one of the affected teachers, who confirmed that financial clearance had been issued in May, with teachers expected to start work in August but resuming in September instead.

“This morning, I met with Bafour Eric, and I will soon share the details with the public. We discussed the matter, and he indicated to me that clearance was received in May. They were expected to start work in August, but began in September.

Naturally, by December 31, the clearance issued by the Finance Ministry had expired, and they can only proceed with a renewed clearance, which is what I am currently awaiting. Let them be assured,” the Education Minister said.