The National Teaching Council (NTC) has indicated that its mandate is to license teachers and not to post graduate teachers.
This was disclosed by the NTC registrar, Dr. Christian Addai Poku as a response to questions from qualified unposted graduate teachers who sought to find out from the NTC why they have not been posted.
The unposted graduate teachers issue
There are many graduate teachers who have met all the basic but required requirements for employment by the GES but for reasons best known to the highest employer of teachers in Ghana, the GES employs only a handful of graduate teachers from the universities.
He said “NTC work is not to employ teaches but to license them”
According to Dr. Christian Addai Poku, the NTC is different from Ghana Education Service. The NTC licenses teachers while the GES posts teachers. We do not employ graduate teachers, that is the work of the GES” Dr. Christian Addai Poku said in an interview monitored by Ghanaeducation.org.
According to him, his outfit is also charged with issuing teachers who have completed their training, National Service, and passed the licensure examination with the license.
So after we (NTC) has issued you the teaching license, you have to go and find your own job but if Ghana Education Service sees you fit and considers you for employment that is fine.” he disclosed during the interview.
ALSO READ: Headmistress takes JHS students to Deity (Obosom) over missing capitation grant cash
He advised licensed teachers who have not been employed by the GES to seek jobs in private schools. He furthered that, such teachers could also work as education consultants and train other teachers and that it was not the responsibility of the teaching council to employ them.
The Ghana Education News Editorial Team is a specialized collective of education researchers, journalists, and policy analysts dedicated to providing high-fidelity reporting on the Ghanaian academic landscape. Serving as a primary bridge between governing bodies—including the Ghana Education Service (GES) and WAEC—and the public, the team leverages over a decade of combined experience to serve students, parents, and educators nationwide.
Lead Architect & Editor-in-Chief
The team is led by Wisdom Kojo Eli Hammond, a distinguished Ghanaian Edu-Tech Entrepreneur, AI Solutions Developer, and Product Architect with over 25 years of cross-disciplinary experience in education, finance, and digital media. Wisdom is the visionary force behind SkulManager, Ghana’s premier school management ecosystem, and the Lead Consultant at Education-News Consult.
A self-taught innovator, professional Web Designer, and regular columnist on GhanaWeb, Wisdom engineered SkulManager.com as the only platform strictly tailored to the GES Curriculum. His technical leadership has redefined educational assessment through a Hybrid Marking Ecosystem, pioneering the BECE and WASSCE Home Mock services—a unique fusion of WAEC-trained human examiners and advanced AI marking engines operational since 2022.
Wisdom’s 360-degree view of institutional challenges is grounded in his tenure as College President and Lecturer at Pinnacle College (Achimota), as well as his background as a school administrator and accountant. He is a dedicated lifelong learner currently advancing his studies at the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), with academic ties to the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).
An accomplished author, his works include Returnees of the Dead Forest (UK Published), Simplified Beacon of Light (850+ Q&A), and The Leader in Me. A foundational pillar of the award-winning NGO Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG), Wisdom is committed to building intelligent systems that solve societal problems and prepare the next generation of Ghanaian students for a digital future.
Contact: 0550360658 | Portals: GhanaEducation.org, GhanaEducationNews.org, SkulManager.com, BECEPrep.com. Educationnewsconsult.com etc