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CAGD Beats October 16 Deadline, Settles Promotion Arrears for 56,003 GES Teachers

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department has completed promotion salary adjustments and arrears payments for 56,003 GES teachers, fulfilling its commitment ahead of the agreed October 16 deadline.

ACCRA, Ghana — The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has completed promotion-related salary adjustments and arrears payments for 56,003 teachers under the Ghana Education Service (GES), beating the October 16 deadline agreed with teacher unions.

In an official statement released on Thursday, October 15, 2026, the department revealed that payments covering salary adjustments backdated to January 1, 2026, have been successfully processed and disbursed.

This comes months after CAGD warned it would suspend salaries of workers without verified Ghana Card from March 15 as part of efforts to sanitize the payroll.

Payment Breakdown

According to figures released by CAGD:

49,725 teachers received their promotion arrears on October 15, 2026, alongside their regular October monthly salaries.
6,278 teachers were paid earlier in September 2026.
56,003 teachers in total have received full clearance and disbursement.

Status of Outstanding Cases

Out of the estimated 80,000 teachers reported to have been promoted by the GES, supporting documents for 56,633 teachers were processed and submitted to CAGD for audit and verification.

Category	Count	Status
Verified & Paid	56,003	Fully settled
Pending Corrections	630	Verification issues flagged; awaiting GES corrections
Unprocessed Records	23,367	Supporting files yet to be submitted by GES
Total Promoted Pool	~80,000	Full target group

CAGD noted that 630 cases remain pending due to documentation discrepancies identified during auditing. This follows the Service's recent strict disciplinary stance, including when GES suspended a teacher at Okadjakrom SHS over sexual misconduct for violating professional conduct.

Furthermore, 23,367 promoted teachers have yet to have their supporting records processed and forwarded by GES to the department for payroll verification.

Background to the Resolution

The payout follows a consensus reached during a high-level stakeholder meeting on October 2, 2026, at the Ministry of Education. Representatives from the Ministry, CAGD, GES, and teacher union leadership agreed on October 16 as the definitive deadline for settling all verified promotion arrears.

The Ministry has been active in recent reforms, from probing the alleged GH¢30,000 bribery in school placement to its partnership where the government will pay GH¢994 per student for private schools under Free SHS.

The department commended the leadership of the GES, teacher unions, and partner ministries for their cooperation in achieving early resolution of the payments.

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