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FATE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD GRADUATE TEACHERS, A QUESTION GES NEEDS TO ANSWER
The
method used in recruiting staff into the Ghana Education Service (GES) has
become overwhelming with questions that needs to be addressed by GES. A lot of
questions that do not find answers have sent many graduates to slavery and
highly indebtedness.
GES
has now become the bleeding ground for fraudsters to use in defrauding teachers
into the service especially, graduate teachers. Though the College teachers are
being fraud too in the name of where they will be posted since they are being
posted direct after their service without applying like the graduate teachers
do but my concern is on the graduate teachers.
You
will hear a lot of graduate teachers telling their colleague graduate teachers
who unfortunately were not posted that, they had posting because they had paid
and you will wonder if you should pay to GES after applying before you can be
posted. My question is, is GES aware of this development? The money some of these
imposters take will shock you and you will ask yourself how someone who just
graduated from school and done his/her national service with a little allowance
for upkeep could get that money just to pay bribe. The least this people demand
for is GH₵4,000.00 and as high as GH₵12,000.00 and it is very heartbreaking.
The
worst part of it is that, some of these graduates paid this bribe but never get
posted. With this, I can infer that, those who paid the money and were posted
did actually paid to GES and those who paid but were not posted paid to
fraudsters who used the advantage of the practice of GES to fraud them in the
name of GES. The future of these graduates who paid this money and were
disappointed is not something to ride home about. Some of them go to the extent
of borrowing these moneys with the promise of paying back when they are posted
and others to use their small savings which they could use to start a business
on their own. They become highly indebted and some of them become slaves to
their creditors. The result is frustration and depression. GES needs to do
something about this. This practice of pay and be posted must stop. It is
destroying a lot.
Now
back to my heading……
On
November 2, 2020, there was a press released with Ref. No: GES/DD-G/2/20/71 by
GES on recruitment of graduate teachers. In this press release, the GES has
requested applications from persons with degree to be recruited into the
service.
The
following were the criteria stated:
I.
Must have a bachelor’s degree in
Education
II.
Must have completed National Service
III.
Must have passed the Teacher Licensure
Examination
IV.
Must be prepared to work wherever posted
Based
on the requirement above, GES stated that, qualified candidates should complete
the application form on www.gespromotions.gov.gh
and upload the relevant documents by November 30, 2020.
In
this press release, GES further indicates that, priority will be given to high
demand subjects, (eg: Early Childhood, French, Sciences, TVET etc) yet, some
graduates who fall under these categories were used as a yard stick for the
recruitment.
On
the 6th of January, 2021, there was another press release with Ref.
No: GES/HQ/DDG-MS/GR/21/01 on appointment of graduate teachers for the Ghana
Education Service. In this release, graduates who have;
·
Bachelor’s degree in Education
·
Completed National Service
·
Passed the Teacher Licensure Examination
·
Applied for recruitment into the service
Were
informed that the appointment letter for shortlisted applicants has been
released and appointment letters can be accessed on www.gespromotions.gov.gh
at a fee of GH₵10.00.
Graduates
who have applied to be recruited all over the Nation rushed to the website to
check their posting upon released of this press only for some of them to come
back with disappointment. The graduates who were disappointed most were the
ones that fall within the stated subjects for the priority precisely, Early
Childhood graduates. The question is, were they only used as a yard stick for
the recruitment? Or were those subjects stated there for a camouflage? Or there
is a provision for them? None of the Early Childhood graduates I know including
my year mates were posted. If there is a provision for them, why not GES come
clear on it so that these graduates will stop wasting their GH₵10.00 every day
to go and be checking something that do not exist. Or is it an avenue for GES
to make money? I don’t want to believe that.
I
heard people saying that there will be a second batch of appointment that will
be released, if this is true, why is GES not saying anything to confirm whether
this is true or not. This graduates were disappointed on the appointments
released after not getting theirs when they were told from the beginning that,
their subjects will be given priority. Why should some people be used as a yard
stick whiles the opposite is done?
The
following are questions the writer want GES to address:
1. What
is the fate of Early Childhood Graduates?
2. Is
there going to be a second batch of posting?
3. Which
categories were posted?
4. What
is the total number of graduate posted?
5. How
is the selection done?
I
believe that, The Ghana Education Service (GES) will address these question for
the betterment of these graduates and to calm their anxiety if they know their
fate in this recruitment and posting process.
Thank
you.
Note:
the expressions in this write up are my own opinion may not reflect the
practice of GES.
Writer:
Lordson Anyrator
Email:
alordson1@gmail.com
Contact:
+233542002298 / 0209787085
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