The Ghana Education Service (GES) has asked newly posted teachers to remain calm as budgetary allocations have been made to settle their unpaid salaries.

This was revealed in a press release issued by the GES' Public Relations Officer, Daniel Fenyi, on Tuesday, June 24.

"It is important to note that significant progress has already been made. The Service assures all affected staff that every effort is being made to rectify the situation and ensure that all genuinely recruited teachers receive their due remuneration," parts of the statement read.

On Monday, June 23, over 100 aggrieved newly trained teachers picketed at GES' headquarters in Accra, demanding the payment of months of unpaid salaries.

The intended peaceful protest turned chaotic, prompting the intervention of the police. However, the teachers refused to comply.

Defiant, the protesting teachers have vowed to intensify their actions.

“We’ll be here overnight so that by morning, we can go to the Finance Ministry and then proceed to Parliament,” one protest leader said.

“When MPs arrive, we’ll let them know what the government is putting us through. All we ask is for our staff IDs and the money owed to us.”

According to the Service, it has formally requested an extension of the expired financial clearance salaries from the Ministry of Finance to enable the payment of outstanding salaries and issuance of staff IDs.

Out of the 12,807 graduates recruited from the Colleges of Education last year, about 2,113 of them are yet to receive their salaries due to the expiration of financial clearance.

The Service has attributed this to inconsistencies in the affected teachers' Ghana Card details, SSNIT numbers, and instances of self-reposting.

In response, the GES has noted that it has established a technical committee to rectify the anomalies.

"Letters have been sent through the Minister for Education to the Ministry of Finance requesting an extension of the expired financial clearance to allow for payment processing. Fortunately, a budgetary allocation was made in the 2025 budget statement.

"The present GES Management, upon assuming office, immediately undertook a nationwide staff validation exercise from 7th-14th March 2025 to confirm the genuinely recruited teachers and clean up recruitment anomalies," it added.

Meanwhile, the Service has called for calm while assuring the Service’s commitment to resolving the matter.

"It is important to note that significant progress has already been made. The Service assures all affected staff that every effort is being made to rectify the situation and ensure that all genuinely recruited teachers receive their due remuneration," parts of the statement read.