The Ghana National Association
of Teachers (GNAT) has urged its members who were not allowed to take Ghana
Education Service (GES) promotion test for this year, to remain calm, as it is
working to rectify the situation.
In a memo to all teachers on Thursday,
25 February 2021, GNAT said it had come to the notice of its general secretary,
Mr Thomas Musah, that “significant numbers of teachers were not allowed to
write the GES Promotion Test 2021, on the pretext that they did not have index
numbers for it.”
The association assured the
teachers that: “We have taken the issue up and made the Director-General of the
Ghana Education Service aware that it was no fault of theirs that the affected
teachers did not have the said index numbers.”
According to GNAT, the GES
Director-General promised in a press release dated 24 February 2021, that “a
supplementary test would be organised for the affected teachers upon provision
of their details for verification.”
It emphasised: “Indeed, during
his tour of the Accra College of Education venue, the Director-General was
specific, that the supplementary test would be organised a week or two.”
An earlier statement by the GES
had warned that persons without index numbers would not be allowed to take the
test.
According to the GES, however,
such persons will be expected “to provide their details for verification and a
supplementary test organised for them at a later date.”
The statement issued on Wednesday, 24 February 2021, and
signed by its Head, Public Relations Unit, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, reminded persons
taking part in the exam on Thursday, 25 and Friday, 26 February, that:
“Candidates are to report to their centres at 7 am to be processed for the
test.”
It continued that: “Assistant
Director II candidates will write their tests on 25 of February 2021 at 9 am –
11 am at their various centres.”
Also, “all candidates who
applied with the Masters and Ph.D. should have obtained the certificate on or
before 2017 but not before the last promotion.”
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