Teachers from the 2022 batch of Colleges of Education-trained graduates who picketed at the premises of the Ghana Education Service (GES) over outstanding salaries have suspended their strike action.

The group’s spokesperson, Eric Darfuor, who engaged the media, noted that this decision was taken after assurances from the Ghana Education Service (GES) that their outstanding salaries will be paid by the end of July.

“The PRO said there has been an official communiqué from GES, so we have suspended our picketing for now, and we are hoping to receive our salaries by the end of July. The PRO said they are at the final stage of resolving our issue, so very soon we will receive our salary.

“So we are waiting and waiting for the very soon, by the end of July, so when the time is due, and we do not hear anything from them, we will come back again stronger.”

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.”

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has stated that it is working to resolve months of unpaid salaries and other matters raised by newly posted teachers.

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

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.

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

"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.