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GES opens 2025 Teacher promotions, calls for applications.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has opened applications for the promotion of teaching staff to higher ranks.
In a statement, the Service encouraged qualified teachers and officers to apply and get the opportunity of being promoted to the ranks of Deputy Director, Assistant Director I, Assistant Director II, and Principal Superintendent.
According to GES, applicants for Deputy Director must have been promoted to Assistant Director I in or before 2020 and remained at post since then, except for approved leave.
The service clarified that those applying for Assistant Director I must have been promoted to Assistant Director II in or before 2020 and served continuously.
For Assistant Director II, it said applicants must have attained the rank of Principal Superintendent in or before 2020 and stayed at post.
The statement stated that to qualify for Principal Superintendent, teachers must have been promoted to Senior Superintendent I in or before 2020 and served without break, apart from approved leave.
GES added that holders of approved undergraduate degrees would automatically be placed on the Principal Superintendent rank.
The Service further explained that teachers with Master’s or PhD degrees could apply out of turn if the programme was part of an approved GES course of study.
It added that such certificates must not have been obtained before the applicant’s last promotion and must have been earned in or before 2022.
GES said applicants were required to complete the application form online via the provided link or QR code.
It reached that they must also upload a passport-size photograph, their last promotion or appointment letter, and their highest academic certificate used for the application.
It noted that all documents, except the passport photograph, must be uploaded in PDF format and must be clear and legible.
The application window will run from Monday, August 18, 2025, to Friday, September 5, 2025.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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Abronye remanded in police custody for one week
The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has been remanded into prison custody for one week.
He was brought before an Accra Circuit Court on Thursday, September 12, 2025, on charges of offensive conduct conducive to breach of the peace and publication of false news, which are classified as misdemeanours under Ghanaian law.
After hearing the case, the court ordered that he be kept in custody while investigations continue.
He is expected to reappear before the court on Thursday, September 19, 2025.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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Mahama promises more jobs and support for Zongo communities
President of the republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama has assured Muslim leaders that his government will continue to do everything possible to improve the economy and create jobs for the youth.
Speaking to a gathering of imams, Mr. Mahama emphasised the government’s main focus in education was to expand technical and vocational training so that young people could gain the skills they need to work and support themselves.
He added that special attention would be given to Muslim communities to ensure they benefit from the rollout of new training centres.
He mentioned that programmes such as Ajumawura, which offers small loans to start businesses, and the National Apprenticeship Programme, which helps especially young women to learn trades like dressmaking, would also help the youth to build a future for themselves.
On support for Zongo communities, Mr. Mahama said a coordinator and deputy had been appointed to lead the Zongo Development Fund.
He announced that they would soon begin work on a microcredit scheme called the Soya Fund.
The fund, he explained, would provide small loans to poor households in Zongo communities, especially women engaged in small-scale businesses such as selling waakye, cocoa, or running small shops.
He said artisans like dressmakers would also benefit.
The president thanked the imams for their continuous prayers for Ghana, saying their intercession had helped the country remain one of the most peaceful nations in Africa.
By: Jacob Aggrey
