A coalition of teachers with the rank of Deputy Director has alleged that promotions within the Ghana Education Service (GES) are based on political favouritism.
According to the aggrieved teachers, led by Mr Newell Anokye Abrefa, leadership at the GES has paid no attention to their calls for promotion over the past eight years.
The group claimed that promotions to higher ranks in the service are granted based on political connections. "Imagine becoming a Deputy Director at the age of 40; it means that for the remaining 20 years of your active service, you are expected to remain in that rank.
What is happening is that if you don't have a political 'godfather' to support your appointment to perhaps a district or regional director position, you will remain in that rank forever," he alleged. "Teachers are very bitter about this issue," he added.