Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination Offenses and Penalties

Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination Regulations, Offenses, and Penalties have been published to update teachers on the expectations of the NTC and the punitive measures put in place for those who will break the rules

REGULATIONS FOR THE GHANA TEACHER LICENSURE EXAMINATION (GTLE)

This booklet contains the Regulations to guide candidates who will sit for the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination.

The GTLE will be administered to candidates who have completed and successfully passed the final year examinations either in the Colleges of Education or the Teacher Training Universities.

Candidates are expected to acquaint themselves thoroughly with the Regulations in order to go by them.

The GTLE is made up of three (3) papers which are as follows:

1. Essential Professional Skills – 60 multiple choice questions
2. Literacy – 30 multiple choice questions, comprehension and essay
3. Numeracy – 30 multiple choice questions and two written questions
Each paper is marked out of 100

A. GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR THE EXAMINATION

a. The GTLE is open to all candidates who have passed their final year examinations at the Colleges of Education or at the Teacher Training Universities.

b. Candidates who are desirous of seeking employment as teachers with the Ghana Education Service are expected to apply online for the Licensure Examination.

c. It is the responsibility of candidates who are applying and registering for the GTLE to check the correctness of entries made as required. The NTC shall not take responsibility for any error, oversight or default made by candidates.

The NTC reserves the right to refuse entries which do not satisfy the regulations for the examination.

d. The NTC reserves the right to cancel any entry at any stage before the examination if it is found to be irregular.

e. The NTC does not undertake to refund registration fees.

(2) GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS
(i) The GTLE will be held twice a year, February and September. The actual dates for each year’s examinations will be announced by NTC at appropriate times. The time-table for the examination papers will be made available along with the
schedules.

(ii) Candidates must provide their own mathematical sets.

(iii) Candidates are required to write their answers with pen and blue ink, but pencils
may be used only for diagrams and for shading (if any).

(iv) Electronic calculators of the silent, cordless and non-programmable type only shall be allowed in the examination.

CONDUCT OF CANDIDATES IN THE EXAMINATION HALL

1. Candidates must obey all instructions given by the supervisors and invigilators. In particular, they must enter and leave the hall when told to do so.

2. Candidates must not give or receive any assistance in answering the examination questions.

3. Candidates must not talk to other candidates inside the examination hall.

4. Candidates must not tear part of the question papers and answer sheets.

5. Candidates must stop work when they are told to do so and must always hand over their script or answer booklets to the invigilators at the end of the examination.

6. Candidates must not remove any question/answer booklet from the examination hall. Examination papers remain the property of the NTC.

7. Candidates should not bring any book, paper, bag or other property into the examination hall.

8. The NTC does not accept responsibility for such books, bags or other property left by the candidates at the precincts of the examination hall.

9. Candidates may not be allowed into the examination hall after thirty (30) minutes of the commencement of the examination.

10. Candidates should not leave the examination hall within thirty (30) minutes of the commencement of the examination.

EXAMINATION OFFENCES AND PENALTIES.