Hundreds of newly recruited teachers across the country are demanding payment of salaries owed to them for months, with many reporting prolonged delays despite fulfilling all employment requirements.
These teachers, recruited in 2024, claim they have yet to receive their rightful earnings, despite being officially posted and starting work on September 10, 2024.
According to them, some of their colleagues were paid in December 2024, but they remain unpaid, with validation discrepancies exacerbating their financial struggles.
“We accepted that salaries in the government sector may take time, but nine months without payment is unbearable,” said one affected teacher from the Ashanti Region.
Discrepancies in Payment System
According to reports, while some of them ( the newly recruited) received full salaries and arrears in December 2024, others were validated for only one month’s salary in January 2025.
Many remained hopeful, but their names later disappeared entirely from the payment systems, preventing their inclusion in the payroll processing.
In February 2025, the names of the affected teachers reappeared in the validation system but were allocated zero cedis in payment.
The crisis deepened in March when their names were missing entirely from the validation list, forcing manual entries, yet still leaving them unpaid.
According to the affected teachers in the Ashanti and Central Regions, they have sought answers from the regional GES offices, the GES headquarters in Accra, and the Controller and Accountant General’s Department. However, they receive the same response—that their documents are missing from the system.
Calls for Immediate Action
These teachers insist that their issue is not political but a failure by GES to ensure prompt payments.
“We have done everything required, passed our licensing exams, and submitted documents, yet we are still unpaid. How can our financial clearance expire when we’ve never been paid?” one teacher questioned.
“We are teachers, not slaves. We are just demanding what we rightfully earned.”
The affected teachers are urging GES and relevant authorities to resolve the matter immediately before the situation worsens.
Many fear that delayed payments could result in partial salary allocations, rather than full compensation for the months they have worked.
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