GES to clear salary arrears of 6,249 staff by end of November
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has assured that salaries owed to 6,249 teaching and non-teaching staff of the service will be paid by the end of November 2025.
The staff include newly recruited teachers who have not received salaries for nearly 10 months.
This follows Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu’s announcement that the Ministry has secured Cabinet approval for the payment.
Speaking to the media on Thursday, October 16, the Deputy Director-General of GES, Smile Gavua Dzisi, confirmed that processes have begun to ensure the timely disbursement of the salaries.
“Following the approval from the cabinet on the extension of financial clearance granted in 2024, through the sector minister, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu and his team, we have been given the green light and we have been directed to immediately complete the process of the mechanism and payments of all recruited staff who are yet to be paid.
“And this payment will be done by the end of November 2025. These unpaid teaching and non-teaching staff of GES are about 6,249. We’re going to start the process after the press conference to ensure they will be paid by the end of November,” she assured.
