The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is making progress in addressing concerns raised by teacher unions after they called off their strike action on October 9, 2026.

Head of Public Relations at GES, Daniel Fenyi, said the government and relevant institutions had agreed on a roadmap to address the three major concerns behind the industrial action.

Speaking on GhanaWeb TV’s Lowdow show, he disclosed that about 60,000 promoted teachers were affected after their new ranks failed to be reflected in their September salaries.

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According to him, the GES had completed work on the documentation for the affected teachers and was processing another batch of about 30,000.

“We are done with that. We are processing about 30,000,” he said, expressing confidence that the Service would meet the deadline set by the Education Ministry (October 30, 2026).

Fenyi said the Ministry had directed that the necessary documents be provided within a week to enable the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department to process the salary adjustments.

He added that discussions on the expired collective agreement between teacher unions and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission were expected to continue, while consultations on the 20 per cent deprived-area allowance had been scheduled to run until January 2027.

He described the teachers’ concerns as legitimate and insisted that the government was taking steps to address them.

“Their concerns are three. One is that the collective agreement has expired this year,” he said.

He mentioned delayed promotion-related salary adjustments and the deprived-area allowance as key concerns of teachers.

Fenyi argued that the steps taken so far demonstrats the government’s commitment to resolving the dispute and assured the unions that their issues would be resolved.

“For all the three items, there are practicable action taken,” he said.

He added that teachers’ welfare was critical to the future of Ghana’s education system.

“If you touch them, you have touched the hearts of the next generation,” he stated.

Fenyi said he believed the commitments and progress made by the government and GES should encourage the unions to review their strike action and return to the classroom.

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