Information reaching Ghanaeducation.org indicates the Ghana Education Service (GES) would release GES Promotion Exams results soon.
In February this year, qualified teachers employed by the GES sat for the promotion examination (Aptitude test) for promotion to various ranks.
The release of the results would see successful candidates promoted to Principal Superintendent, Assistant Director 2, Assistant Director 1, Director, Deputy Director grades/scales.
When Will GES Release The Promotion Exams Results?
The promotion exam results are expected to be released by the end of May or early June. Per the information available, teachers would be put on their corresponding new scales by the end of June 2021.
Qualified teachers who took part in the teacher promotion examination in February have been in their current ranks for up to five years since joining the Ghana Education Service.
A pass in the February 2021 aptitude test will trigger their promotion to their next appropriate rank in the teaching service.
Per the information gathered by this portal, scripts from the Teacher Promotion Exams held in February have been marked, and results generated from the exercise are pending financial clearance. Once financial clearance is given, successful teachers will be put on their newly acquired ranks.
This would lead to an automatic enrollment of teachers onto their newly promoted ranks; Their salaries would be adjusted to reflect the new scale and level in the service.
How to check the GES Promotion Exams Results
Teachers should expect the release of the results on the GES promotion portal soon. When the results are released, teachers would have to acquire a promotion result e-voucher paid for through mobile money to get access to their results and the provisional promotion letters, if any. Teachers are to note that the original promotion letters will be dispatched to their district and regional offices for collection.
Effects of passing and not passing the GES Promotion Exams Results
Teachers who did not make the pass mark would have another opportunity to re-sit the examination during the next sitting.
One key benefit of passing the GES aptitude test for promotion part from the increase in salary is that it positions the qualified applicant to take up leadership roles in the service. These leadership roles include becoming Assistant Headmaster, Headmaster, and others.
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Each teacher who gets an upward move in his or her rank for passing the aptitude test for promotion gets GHS200 and GHS300 change in salary.
Now that we know that the GES would Release Promotion Exams Results soon, let us brace ourselves for what comes.