Also known as: NTC
National Teaching Council — professional regulation body overseeing teacher licensing, examinations, and qualifications in Ghana's education system.
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The Chronicle
The National Teaching Council (NTC) has uncovered a troubling reality within Ghana’s education sector. …
Editorial: Ghana Must End The Contradiction In Teacher RecruitmentJoy Online
The National Teaching Council (NTC) has intensified efforts to sanitise the teaching profession as more than 100,000 non-professional teachers continue to teach in basic and private schools across the country without the required qualifications and licences. …
Over 100,000 non-professional teachers risk removal – National Teaching CouncilJoy Online
… These include the Chairperson, the Inspector General of Schools, and representatives from the National Teaching Council, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, the Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training Service, and the Ghana Education Service. …
Reforming NaSIA’s governance framework for enhanced autonomy & quality assuranceJoy Online
The National Teaching Council (NTC) has launched an initiative to certify more than 42,000 unqualified teachers in basic and senior high schools through a fast-track professional training programme. …
NTC moves to regularise over 42,000 unqualified teachers through fast-track programmeJoy Online
The National Teaching Council (NTC) has disclosed that more than 42,000 teachers currently teaching in basic and senior high schools across the country do not possess professional teaching qualifications. …
Over 42,000 unqualified teachers are in Basic and SHS classrooms – NTCJoy Online
A Continuous Professional Development (CPD) workshop for teachers in the Ketu North Constituency has officially begun, in line with the National Teaching Council’s National Teaching Council 2025 guidelines requiring all teachers to earn 20 CPD points annually, including specialis …
Edem Agbana launches CPD workshop for over 1,200 teachers in Ketu NorthJoy Online
… Speaking at the commissioning of the National Teaching Council’s regional office complex in Tamale, the Minister said measures have now been put in place to address these challenges and ensure uninterrupted academic work in second-cycle institutions. …
Gov’t secures funding to stabilise Free SHS Feeding programme – Haruna IddrisuJoy Online
The National Teaching Council (NTC) has warned that teachers who fail to obtain professional qualifications and licences by the end of the year could face sanctions from the Ghana Education Service (GES). …
NTC warns more than 42,000 unqualified teachers to obtain licences or face sanctionsJoy Online
The National Teaching Council (NTC) has disclosed that more than 42,000 teachers currently working in basic and senior high schools across Ghana do not possess professional teaching qualifications. …
NTC reveals over 42,000 teachers in Ghana are unqualifiedJoy Online
… It further called for a fast-tracking of licensing processes by the National Teaching Council to prevent bureaucratic delays from hindering recruitment. …
NAGRAT demands urgent teacher recruitment, funding reforms on May DayGhana's three main teacher unions (GNAT, NAGRAT, PRETAG) have condemned remarks by Interior Minister Muntaka linking forged WASSCE results to the teaching profession, describing the comments as offensive and derogatory and calling for an apology.
10 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's three main teacher unions (GNAT, NAGRAT, PRETAG) have condemned remarks by Interior Minister Muntaka linking forged WASSCE results to the teaching profession, describing the comments as offensive and derogatory and calling for an apology.
10 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Nsawam Medium Security Prison will become Ghana's first correctional facility to host the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination for inmate teacher trainees. The National Teaching Council inspected the prison's educational facilities and found them suitable, allowing inmates who completed teacher education programmes while serving sentences to sit the examination and pursue teaching careers upon release.
20 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Teaching Council launched the 2026 Ghana Teacher Prize in Accra, themed "Empowering Teachers, Architects of the Future," to honour outstanding pre-tertiary teachers for their dedication and contribution to education. The Education Minister reaffirmed government commitment to improving teacher welfare, citing measures including placing over 30,000 diploma-to-degree teachers on appropriate salary scales and working toward a 20 per cent rural housing allowance.
14 August 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
A study of 4,645 in-service teachers found that many Ghanaian teachers are willing to participate in professional training, but challenges including cost, timing and access are preventing some from benefiting fully. The research comes as Ghana implements education reforms aimed at improving teaching quality through National Teachers' Standards, teacher licensing and mandatory Continuous Professional Development programmes.
5 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Coalition of Unemployed Trained Teachers has accused the Ghana Education Service of conducting a teacher recruitment exercise without sufficient transparency and failing to explain why qualified applicants with valid teaching licences and completed national service were rejected.
27 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Teaching Council has released registration procedures and examination dates for the 2026 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination. Registration opens August 1 and closes August 21, with the examination scheduled for September 14–16, 2026.
24 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) clarified that recent Ghana Education Service directives suspending graduation ceremonies and prohibiting flamboyant post-examination celebrations do not expressly apply to privately owned schools, citing the directives' wording and principles of administrative law.
3 July 2026 · Joy Online →
An education commentator argues that Ghana's current minimum entry requirement for colleges of education—a credit pass (grades A1 to C6) in six WASSCE subjects, with C6 representing 50–54%—is too low and fails to ensure teachers have a strong academic foundation. The article cites a six-year trend in Core Mathematics pass rates to suggest that low entry standards are clashing with unpredictable student exam results.
25 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
A coalition of 11 civil society organisations has petitioned the National Teaching Council over an alleged physical altercation between a teacher and a female final-year student at Nyinahin Catholic Senior High School in the Ashanti Region, citing concerns about professional conduct and public confidence in the teaching profession.
15 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Teaching Council has announced that results for the 2026 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination 1 (GTLE 1) will be published on Monday, June 8, with candidates able to access outcomes online via exam.ntc.gov.gh using their serial number and PIN, or GTLE index number and registered phone number.
7 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Teaching Council has found more than 100,000 non-professional teachers in basic and private schools, and over 12,000 graduate teachers in second-cycle institutions, lacking required professional qualifications and licences. The NTC is promoting the Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme to regularise the situation, but uptake remains low despite heavy subsidies.
3 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
The National Teaching Council reports that more than 100,000 non-professional teachers without required qualifications and licences continue teaching in basic and private schools, posing a threat to education quality. The council has warned that teachers who fail to regularise their status risk being removed from classrooms.
1 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA), established in 2020 to ensure quality assurance in pre-tertiary education, faces major governance gaps and operational independence issues that limit its ability to regulate impartially and weaken credibility of the education quality assurance system.
18 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Teaching Council has launched a fast-track Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme to certify more than 42,000 unqualified teachers in basic and senior high schools. The programme, run with five universities, will cost GH¢5,000 and take 18 weeks to complete.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Teaching Council reports that 12,279 unqualified teachers are at senior high school level and more than 30,000 are teaching in basic schools without legally required professional qualifications. The NTC is collaborating with five universities to introduce a fast-track postgraduate diploma in education programme to certify graduate teachers.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A Continuous Professional Development workshop for over 1,200 teachers and education staff in Ketu North Constituency has begun, sponsored by Member of Parliament Eric Edem Agbana. The initiative, delivered by Bismark Tay Leadership Solutions, includes training modules on classroom management, discipline, assessment, AI use, and leadership development to meet the National Teaching Council's requirement of 20 CPD points annually.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu announced that the government has secured financial arrangements to ensure steady food supply for Free SHS students, with enhanced funding through the Ghana Education Trust Fund to prevent the past disruptions that forced school closures.
12 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Teaching Council has warned that teachers without professional qualifications and licences by the end of the year could face sanctions from the Ghana Education Service. The Council says all unqualified teachers in classrooms must enroll in an ongoing fast-track teacher education programme to regularise their status.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Teaching Council has disclosed that more than 42,000 teachers in basic and senior high schools across Ghana lack professional teaching qualifications—about 12,279 in senior high schools and more than 30,000 in basic schools. The NTC is introducing an 18-week fast-track teacher education programme in partnership with five universities to enable currently teaching graduates to obtain professional certification.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
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 →