Govt directs MoE & GES to promote all eligible education directors
President John Dramani Mahama has directed the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to promote all eligible education directors, The Minister of Education, Honourable Haruna Iddrisu, has disclosed
Speaking at the launch of the free sanitary pad initiative in Accra on April 24, 2025, he said the directive, with immediate effect, aims to address the struggles of deputy directors in moving up the ladder due to the unavailability of office spaces.
“President John Dramani Mahama has directed the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Education to give all those deputy directors a legitimate promotion,” the Minister for Education and Tamale South lawmaker stated.
The promoted individuals, the Education Minister indicated, will serve in their new capacities as directors of the Ghana Education Service (GES) even without office spaces.
“One of your major concerns, the president raised to me, is that in his campaign rounds, many of you who are deputy directors of education struggle to move up the ladder to become directors of education because of the unavailability of office spaces,” Mr Haruna stated.
The President’s directive to promote all eligible education directors follows the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) threat to embark on a nationwide strike action if issues affecting teachers are not resolved.
The industrial action scheduled for April 30, 2025, (GNAT) raised concerns over the implementation of the Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) by the Public Services Commission (PSC).
“We have given the duty bearers up to April ending we are giving the Public Services Commission and the Ghana Education Service, whatever happens in the month of May these two institutions should be held liable,” the General Secretary of GNAT, Thomas Tanko Musah, said in an interview.
“We are saying that there is fire on the mountain, at this particular time the teachers of this country are not happy, the lower rank since 2019 have not been promoted. When we went to the Public Services Commission, we were told only two regions have been done. When will the rest be done?” he quizzed.
Mr Musah lamented that, “The scheme of service is also pending, upgrading also pending. Why must it always be like that, we are talking about reset here and we are going to help in the reset, and we are saying this should not happen again.”
According to the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the HRMIS has caused significant delays in salary reactivations for over 800 teachers, with some experiencing delays of 4 to 12 months.
The pre-tertiary teacher union also say some government teachers who have pursued further studies have been denied upgrades, and some successful in promotion exercises haven’t been upgraded or placed at their correct ranks.
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in the interview called on the Ministry of Education (MoE) and all stakeholders to intervene urgently before the situation disrupts teaching and learning nationwide.
