A group of newly posted teachers from the 2022 batch of College of Education graduates are set to picket at the Ghana Education Service (GES) headquarters on Monday, June 23, to protest the delayed issuance of staff IDs and the non-payment of salaries for the past ten months. The affected …
Read More »Kumawu MP Directs GES To Investigate Video Of 2 Teachers Fighting In Front Of Students During Ongoing Lessons
Member of Parliament for Kumawu, Ernest Yaw Anim, has strongly condemned a viral incident involving two male teachers engaged in a physical altercation in a classroom at a school in Pepease, located in his constituency. The disturbing footage, which has since gone viral, shows the two educators fighting in front …
Read More »GES Confirms Burial Of One student Of The 7 Lawra SHS Students Who Drowned In Black Volta River
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has launched investigations into the tragic drowning incident that claimed the lives of seven cadet students from Lawra Senior High School in the Upper West Region. In a statement issued on Monday, June 16, GES expressed deep sorrow over the incident, which occurred on Saturday …
Read More »GES Extends School Selection Deadline To June 25
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has extended the deadline for the 2025 school selection process to Wednesday, June 25, 2025, to give final-year Junior High School (JHS) students more time to complete their choices following the inclusion of private Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the selection system. The move comes …
Read More »GES Head of Public Relations Cassandra Twum Ampofo Transferred To Eastern Regional Education Directorate
In a surprising move that reflects the unpredictability often associated with Mondays at the Ghana Education Service (GES) Headquarters, the institution’s long-serving Head of Public Relations, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, has been transferred to the Eastern Regional Education Directorate. The announcement was made via her official Facebook account on Tuesday, …
Read More »Newly Posted Teachers Protest At GES Over 8-month Salary Arrears
A group of qualified teachers recently posted to the Ashanti Region from various colleges of education in July 2024 on Monday, April 14, staged a protest at the Ghana Education Service (GES) headquarters in Accra. The teachers are demanding the payment of eight months’ salary arrears, along with the resolution …
Read More »GES Announces Easter Break For SHS 2 Students
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced an optional Easter break for Form 2 students in Senior High and Senior High Technical Schools operating under the Transitional Track system. According to a statement issued to all Regional Directors of Education on April 11, 2025, the break will begin on Thursday, …
Read More »GES Reschedules Reopening Date For Single-track Senior High Schools
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rescheduled the reopening date for single-track senior high schools (SHSs) from March 29, 2025, to April 23, 2025. This change was outlined in a circular dated March 27, 2025, and addressed to all regional education directors. The letter, signed by Prince C. Agyeman-Duah, Director …
Read More »GES Orders Validation Of Revoked Appointments By March 14
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has issued a directive requiring staff affected by the recent revocation of appointments and recruitments to validate and reinstate their recruitment by March 14. This move is part of an effort to clean up the database of all recruited staff on the GES payroll. In …
Read More »GES Revokes Appointments Of Staff Yet To Be Placed On Payroll
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has revoked all appointments and recruitments of Teaching and Non-Teaching staff who are yet to be placed on the government payroll. This directive, which takes immediate effect, follows an order from the Chief of Staff, as outlined in a letter from the Office of the …
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