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Ghana Education Service

Also known as: GES

Ghana Education Service — government agency overseeing teacher recruitment, examination conduct, school placement, and curriculum development in Ghana's education system.

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GES bans teachers, invigilators implicated in BECE malpractices

The News

Eight months after an investigative report exposed corrupt practices within the Ghana Education Service during the 2025 BECE, GES has banned all teachers and invigilators implicated in examination malpractices from participating in this year's exercise. The investigation found that GES staff, supervisors, head teachers, invigilators and others had institutionalized malpractice to ensure candidates passed.

Why it matters

GES bans of exam malpractice perpetrators signal institutional enforcement of examination integrity standards.

17 hours ago · Joy Online

Yesterday

  1. GES bans teachers, invigilators implicated in BECE malpractices

    Eight months after an investigative report exposed corrupt practices within the Ghana Education Service during the 2025 BECE, GES has banned all teachers and invigilators implicated in examination malpractices from participating in this year's exercise. The investigation found that GES staff, supervisors, head teachers, invigilators and others had institutionalized malpractice to ensure candidates passed.

    17 hours ago · Joy Online

  2. NAGRAT calls for teacher recruitment and funding reforms

    The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has demanded urgent reforms in Ghana's education sector, warning that macroeconomic stability means little if teachers face poor conditions and delayed employment. The association highlighted that about 22,000 trained teachers from the 2023 Colleges of Education batch are yet to receive financial clearance, while approximately 2,800 teachers from the 2022 batch remain unpositioned.

    1 May 2026 · Joy Online

Thursday 30 April

  1. GES requires 2026 BECE candidates select two Category A schools

    Ghana Education Service has reformed the school selection process for the 2026 BECE, requiring candidates to choose two Category A Senior High Schools—one boarding and one day—within their locality, and increasing total school selections to eight from seven, while placing placements to begin after BECE ends rather than after results release.

    30 April 2026 · Joy Online

  2. GES bans teachers, supervisors from 2026 BECE over malpractice

    The Ghana Education Service has barred all teachers and supervisors implicated in examination malpractice during the 2025 BECE from participating in this year's exercise. The Director-General stressed that individuals being processed for sanctions over last year's irregularities are banned from examination centres, with formal directives communicated to all regional directors and strict compliance to be enforced.

    30 April 2026 · Joy Online

  3. Bole-Bamboi MP urges innovation in constituency development

    The Member of Parliament for Bole-Bamboi, Yussif Sulemana, has acknowledged churches' partnering roles in education, noting that some have volunteered their structures for classrooms. He urged his parliamentary colleagues to be innovative and think outside the box, suggesting they engage churches and community teachers to support education in areas without schools, then apply to the Ghana Education Service to adopt those schools.

    30 April 2026 · Joy Online

  4. TEWU calls for upholding workers' dignity and timely implementation

    The Teachers and Educational Workers' Union has urged government and stakeholders to uphold the dignity of Ghanaian workers and ensure smooth implementation of agreed conditions of service across the education sector and allied institutions. TEWU noted it has successfully concluded Conditions of Service agreements for the Ghana Education Service, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, Ghana Library Authority, and public and technical universities, and is demanding full and timely implementation of these agreements.

    30 April 2026 · Joy Online

  5. Gushegu MP donates motorbikes and math sets to education, health services

    Alhassan Tampuli, Member of Parliament for Gushegu, has donated five motorbikes each to the Ghana Education Service and Ghana Health Service Municipal Directorates, along with 1,225 mathematical sets for BECE candidates. The MP said the donation was intended to support the institutions' monitoring and supervision efforts across the constituency's vast land area.

    30 April 2026 · Joy Online

  6. TEWU calls for swift implementation of workers' conditions of service

    The Teachers and Educational Workers' Union has urged stakeholders to protect workers' dignity and ensure smooth implementation of recently negotiated conditions of service across public institutions including the Ghana Education Service, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, Ghana Library Authority, and public and technical universities. The union warned that attempts to frustrate the implementation of agreed provisions would not be tolerated and stressed the need for timely provision of resources by authorities.

    30 April 2026 · The Ghanaian Times

  7. Supreme Court rejects bid to remove Wesley Girls board from hijab case

    Ghana's Supreme Court has dismissed the Board of Governors of Wesley Girls' Senior High School's application to be struck from a suit over alleged religious discrimination against Muslim students. The suit, filed in December 2024, challenges restrictions on Muslim students wearing hijabs, observing Ramadan fasting, and practising other aspects of their faith, claiming these violate constitutional guarantees of religious freedom; the Attorney-General's Department argues the school's Methodist identity permits such regulations.

    30 April 2026 · The Ghanaian Times

Tuesday 28 April

  1. Ghana Education Service closes teacher recruitment after 40,000 applications

    The Ghana Education Service closed its teacher recruitment portal after receiving over 40,000 applications for 7,000 positions, revealing structural imbalances in the education sector including unequal teacher-student ratios and distribution gaps between rural and urban schools.

    28 April 2026 · The Ghanaian Times

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