The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has allocated GH₵67,671,080 to settle five months’ arrears of the non-feeding component of teacher trainee allowances for 30,157 students in 47 public Colleges of Education.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF), Dr. Saadija Shiraaz, in a Facebook post on Monday, August 5, disclosed this information.

According to the Students Loan Trust Fund it began the disbursement on the 1st of August to these individuals who had completed the verification of their personal and bank details.

“The Students Loan Trust Fund has received GH₵67,671,080 from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission to be disbursed as the non-feeding component of teacher trainee allowances for five months to students enrolled in 47 Public Colleges of Education. The last of this money was received on the 29th of July 2025.

"On the 1st of August 2025, we proceeded to pay teacher trainee allowances of five months to 30,157 students in 37 Public Colleges of Education based on the data available to us at the time,” she wrote.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Students Loan Trust Fund stated that the Fund has initiated the necessary processes to make a second disbursement to students who have not yet received their allowances. “The Students Loan Trust Fund is committed to transparency in our operations. Please indulge us as we go through the necessary operational motions to ensure you receive the support due you from government,” she added.Additionally, the CEO mentioned that the SLTF is actively working on No-Fees-Stress reimbursements, and the extended deadline is to ensure all students eligible for reimbursements are duly registered.In June, the Ghana Education Service asked newly posted teachers to remain calm, as budgetary allocations have been made to settle their unpaid salaries. In a press release issued by the GES' Public Relations Officer, Daniel Fenyi, on Tuesday, June 24, it was noted that all legitimately hired teachers who have yet to receive payment will soon be sorted out after the necessary validations and administrative processes are completed."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 police intervention. 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. 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,” one protest leader said.

According to the Service, it 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 attributed this to inconsistencies in the affected teachers' Ghana Card details, SSNIT numbers, and instances of self-reposting. In response, the GES 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.

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

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 to 14th March 2025 to confirm the genuinely recruited teachers and clean up recruitment anomalies," it added.