The Ghana Education Service (GES) has invited the leaders of three major teacher unions to an emergency meeting as it works to address growing concerns over its directive requiring teachers and other staff to submit personal records for a nationwide job evaluation exercise.
The meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 15, 2026, at the Director-General’s Conference Room at the GES Headquarters in Accra and comes amid rising tensions between the Service and organised labour over the exercise.
In a letter signed by Deputy Director-General Prof. Smile Dzisi, GES said the meeting aims to discuss concerns raised by the unions and explore a way forward.
“The meeting is aimed at resolving the impasse regarding the request for the submission of staff personal files for the job evaluation exercise,” the letter stated.
The development follows strong resistance from the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Pre-Tertiary Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG).
In a joint statement issued on June 9, the unions rejected a GES directive requiring teachers and non-teaching staff to submit personal information and employment records, including appointment letters, promotion letters and other supporting documents, through their district and municipal education offices for onward transmission to the GES headquarters.
The unions argued that the information being requested was already available within the Service’s existing records and questioned the need for staff to resubmit documents.
They further urged members across the country not to comply with the directive and called for its immediate withdrawal.
The exercise forms part of arrangements by the GES, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) and the Public Services Commission (PSC) to validate and update staff records in preparation for the implementation of a new scheme of service.
The latest move by the GES is seen as an attempt to ease tensions and prevent a prolonged dispute with teacher unions, whose concerns have generated widespread debate within the education sector.
The outcome of Monday’s meeting is expected to determine whether both sides can reach a compromise on the exercise or whether the disagreement will deepen in the coming days.
