The Ghana Education Service (GES) has set 4pm on Monday, October 5, 2026, as the deadline for submitting outstanding documents needed to process the new salaries of recently promoted teachers.

The move follows a meeting between the Education Minister and representatives of the various teacher unions on Monday, September 28, where concerns over delays in implementing the promotions were discussed.

Head of Public Relations at the GES, Daniel Fenyi, said the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department requires key documents, including completed input forms and promotion letters, before the revised salaries can be processed.

He said the Education Minister subsequently directed the GES to ensure all outstanding documentation is submitted by the October 5 deadline.

“The Honourable Minister met them today (Monday, September 28) and gave them all the assurances. He also mentioned that in case of the insistence of some input forms and documentations, I think he gave us until 4pm on Monday, October 5 to provide the input forms and all other necessary documentation, i.e. the promotion letter,” Fenyi said in an interview on JoyNews.

According to him, the one-week window is intended to give GES officials enough time to complete the necessary administrative work and forward the documents to the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department.

Fenyi said the figures associated with the promotion exercise have sometimes been misunderstood, explaining that the approximately 80,000 staff cited include both teaching and non-teaching personnel.

He clarified that between 59,000 and 60,000 of the affected staff are teachers.

“I think the 80,000 that we have is a conglomerate of different sections; the teaching staff and non-teaching staff, but for the teaching staff, we have about 59,000 to 60,000 of them,” he said.

He further disclosed that officials at the GES headquarters were working beyond normal hours to ensure the outstanding work is completed within the stipulated period.

“I can confirm to you from the GES headquarters that as we speak that there are even some still people working around the clock,” he said.

Fenyi said GES remained committed to working with the teacher unions and other stakeholders to resolve the outstanding issues and facilitate the processing of the affected teachers’ new salaries.

“We have been generally collaborative with teacher unions and all stakeholders,” he added.