GES to clear salary arrears of 6,249 staff by end of November

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that salaries owed to 6,249 teaching and non-teaching staff will be paid by the end of November 2025.

The affected workers include newly recruited teachers who have gone nearly ten months without receiving their salaries.

This follows the Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu’s, confirmation that the Ministry has secured Cabinet approval for the payment of all outstanding arrears.

Speaking to journalists on Thursday, October 16, the Deputy Director-General of GES, Smile Gavua Dzisi, said the Service has already begun processes to ensure that every affected staff member is paid on time.

“Following the approval from 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 directed to immediately complete the process and payments of all recruited staff who are yet to be paid,” she stated.

Madam Dzisi said the directive marks the final stage of validation and payroll processing to ensure that teachers and non-teaching personnel who have been waiting for months receive what is due them.

“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.

She also expressed appreciation for the patience of the affected staff, noting that the Service is working closely with the Ministry of Finance and the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department to prevent such delays in the future.

The announcement has brought relief to many newly posted teachers who have been appealing to the government for months to release their salaries.