The three major teacher unions in Ghana—GNAT, NAGRAT, and PRETAG—have jointly rejected a directive by the Ghana Education Service (GES) requesting the submission of teachers’ personal files for a job evaluation exercise.
In a statement dated June 9, 2026, the unions said their attention had been drawn to a letter issued by the GES Headquarters on June 8, 2026, in collaboration with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). The letter, which was addressed to all Regional Directors of Education, requested staff personal files for the ongoing job evaluation exercise.
The unions argued that the directive appears to be an attempt by the relevant authorities, including the Ministry of Education (MoE), Ministry of Finance (MoF), Ghana Education Service (GES), Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), and the Public Services Commission (PSC), to delay efforts aimed at resolving longstanding challenges affecting teachers.
According to the unions, the concerns facing teachers had already been brought to the attention of government and relevant institutions, with directives reportedly issued by the President of the Republic and the National Labour Commission in 2024 and 2025 to address them.
The teacher unions therefore called for the immediate withdrawal of the letter and its contents, insisting that they do not support the request for the submission of staff personal files. They further urged teachers across the country not to comply with the directive.
The unions maintained that if information is required for the job evaluation exercise, the Ghana Education Service already possesses the necessary records and can retrieve the relevant data from schools, district offices, regional offices, and the GES Headquarters without requiring teachers to submit personal files again.
The joint statement emphasized that teachers should not be burdened with additional administrative requirements that could delay the implementation of measures intended to improve their conditions of service and address concerns raised by the profession.
The statement was jointly signed by Mr. Thomas T. Musah, General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Mr. Jacob Anaaba, President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and Mr. King Ali Awudu, President of the Pre-Tertiary Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG).
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