Education Minister Kwame Awuah‑Kyeremeh has opened a dialogue with Ghana’s teacher unions to address long‑standing concerns over the national salary‑scale placement system. The meeting, held in Accra, aimed to reconcile the unions’ demands for higher pay bands with the Ministry’s budgetary constraints, while also discussing the criteria used to assign teachers to different salary grades. Both sides acknowledged the need for a transparent, merit‑based framework that rewards experience and qualifications, and agreed to form a joint task force to draft revised guidelines. The outcome of the talks could reshape teacher compensation and impact morale across the country’s public schools.
Education Minister engages Teacher Unions over salary-scale placement GBC Ghana Online
