Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has announced the government has begun processes towards the promotion of deputy directors in the Ghana Education Service (GES) whose promotion was delayed due to unavailable office spaces to director status.
The minister explained that although the lack of office spaces remains a lingering issue, these personnel will nonetheless be given the upward recognition.
Speaking at the launch of the National Sanitary Pad Distribution Program in Accra, with the support of his deputy minister, Dr Clement Apaak, Mr Haruna said the move was in fulfilment of a campaign promise the president made during the campaign period.
He said education officers had voiced their concerns over the delays in their interactions with then-candidate Mahama during the election campaign last year, who pledged to address the issue if he was elected.
“One of your major concerns the president just referred to me is that in his campaign rounds [he was told] many of you who are deputy directors-general of education suffer to hold the ladder above you to become directors because of the unavailability of office space.
“President John Damani Mahama has directed the GES and the Ministry of Education that henceforth all those deputy directors be given their legitimate promotion, and I say that even without capacity, they will still serve the GES in the capacity of directors,” the minister said to applause.
Haruna Iddrisu also assured that the government will implement several other measures aimed at bolstering the Ghanaian education sector, including setting aside appropriate funding for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) facilitation in the country.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
