GES Holds Crisis Talks with Unpaid 2022 Teachers Amid Protests
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has held a private meeting with nearly 100 teachers from the 2022 batch of Colleges of Education in an effort to address rising frustrations over ten months of unpaid salaries and delayed staff ID issuance. The group, part of a larger protest involving 784 newly trained teachers from all 16 regions, began picketing at the GES headquarters in Accra on Monday, June 23, calling for immediate redress to their grievances.
Unusually, the GES chose to go beyond traditional union negotiations by including a broader group of affected teachers in the discussions. GES Public Relations Officer, Daniel Fenyi, explained that the decision was made to promote transparency and hear directly from the teachers themselves. The media was briefly asked to step aside during the talks, with assurances of a press briefing afterward — a move that initially sparked resistance but was eventually accepted by the protestors.
The teachers shared personal stories of hardship, with some expressing deep frustration at what they see as neglect by the authorities. From single mothers like Serwaa Korang, to others like Charity Amponsah and Maxwell Adogo who face dire living conditions in remote areas, the message was clear: they are struggling. The outcome of the meeting is expected to influence the government’s next course of action in resolving the long-standing salary delays and staff ID bottlenecks.
