Teacher unions threaten strike over automatic promotion deadline

“We the teacher unions, we have no option than to make it clear that the automatic promotion of teachers or placement of teachers on the required grade as to where they should be on the promotion as of the results that came out, they should be put on their respective scales by close of work on Monday, 31st August, 2026,” General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah, said.

The unions say the threat follows a directive from the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department which, they claim, contradicts an earlier assurance by the Ghana Education Service (GES) that teachers who successfully completed the promotional process would be placed on their new grades by August.

A coalition of teacher unions has threatened industrial action if newly promoted teachers are not placed on their appropriate salary scales by Monday, August 31, 2026.