Decision on Payment of Teachers’ Salary Arrears to be taken on November 20

Decision on Payment of Teachers’ Salary Arrears to be taken on November 20

The Payment of the Salary Arrears of teachers in the Ghana Education Service is still on the neck of government after continues agitations by teacher unions for government to clear all salary arrears of teachers.

GHStudents.com is reliably informed that  a meeting has been scheduled for  November 20,2017 to consider the cost involved in the 21,267 applications submitted by affected teachers and how the arrears will be paid.

According to reports, 21,267 applications have been Validated but with issues. The issues will be handled by GES and the Audit Service for the payment to be effected,and the issues with be investigated from 6th through 20th of November 2017.

Meanwhile,the 2015 batch of teachers are required to as a matter of Urgency, submit their forms for validation through the appropriate channels. This is to be treated as a special case to be dealt with.

Reports gathered by GHStudents.com indicates that a total of  65, 013 applications are yet to be worked on and is expected to begin after 20/11/2017 by the Ghana Audit Service (GAS).