‘We can’t post anybody who did not complete in 2018’ – Education Ministry to graduate trainee Teachers

The Ministry of Education has said, it cannot secure postings for graduate trainee teachers who did not graduate in 2018.

According to Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, Ekow Vincent Assafuah, Finance Ministry has only issued financial clearance for persons who completed their training in 2018.

Scores of unemployed graduate trainee teachers on Thursday, staged a demonstration at the headquarters of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to demand postings.

The trainee teachers, numbering over 3,000 have accused the GES of not posting them despite the completion of their mandatory national service and licensure certification.

Reacting to the protest, in an interview with Citi Fm, Mr. Assafuah stated that a number of the protestors did not complete their training in 2018 and as a result, nothing can be done concerning their situation.

“So as of rights, I don’t think that those who completed in 2018, are having any problem at all. Now the most important thing is that they have quite a number of them who did not complete in 2018 and the financial clearance that we have from the Ministry of Finance is only for those who completed in 2018. So, if you fall outside that particular scope it means that there is nothing, we can do for you for now. We cannot post anybody who did not complete in 2018,” he said.

According to him, many of the teachers who are demanding to be posted have not applied to the GES, which is a prerequisite for receiving posting.

“The problem with them is that they feel some of their friends and their brothers and sisters have already been engaged while they have not been engaged. But of course, there are some of them who fail to even apply at all. If you fail to apply, I don’t know how you will want the Ghana Education Service or the Ministry of Education to have your information,” he hinted.

The PRO added “Anybody who qualified and completed the College of Education in 2018 was mandated to apply to the Ghana Education Service. That is just a few of them, not everybody. So, if you fail to apply, it means that we don’t have your information with the Ghana Education Service. You can’t be engaged.”

The Ghana Education Service has, however, engaged the protesting trainees, advising them to go to the various Regional Education offices to be attended to.

According to Public relations Officer of the Service, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, “All those who have not yet been posted or yet qualified and have also gone to the Regional Offices to lodge a complaint should rest assured because we will look into it.”

Source: ABCNewsgh.com