How Teachers in Ghana Apply for GES Promotion

How Teachers in Ghana Apply for GES Promotion

Applications are invited from suitably qualified serving Officers/Teachers under Ghana Education Service (GES) for consideration for promotion to the grade of:

  1. Deputy Director
  2. Assistant Director I
  3. Assistant Director II
  4. Principal Superintendent

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Check out our comprehensive guide on how teachers under the auspices of the Ghana Education Service (GES) apply for promotions into various ranks.

GES Promotions Eligibility and Qualification

Deputy Director: An applicant should have been promoted to the grade of Assistant Director I on or before 2018 and should have been continuously at the post since the date (except for the periods of approved leave of absence).

Assistant Director I: An applicant should have been promoted to the grade of Assistant Director II on or before 2018 and should have been continuously at the post since the date (except for the periods of approved leave of absence).

Assistant Director II: An applicant should have been promoted to the grade of Principal Superintendent on or before 2018 and should have been continuously at the post since the date (except for the periods of approved leave of absence).

Principal Superintendent: An applicant should have been promoted to the grade of Senior Superintendent on or before 2018 and should have been continuously at the post since the date (except for the periods of approved leave of absence).

  • The master/Ph.D. program should be on the approved GES course of study.
  • The Masters’s/PHD certificate should not have been obtained before the previous promotion.
  • Applicants who wish to use the Masters/Ph.D. certificates for ADI, ADII, and Deputy Director Promotion should have obtained their certificate on or before 2020.

How to Apply for GES Promotion

  1. An applicant should complete the Application Forms online, and upload a passport-size photograph as well.
  2. An applicant should upload only the last promotion Letter or upgrading letter or appointment letter.
  3. An applicant should upload only Masters’s/Doctorate Degree certificate when using it for his/her promotion.
  4. All documents uploaded should be in a PDF format except the passport photograph
  5. All documents uploaded should be clear and readable.

Deadline for GES Promotions

The completed application form should be uploaded on the website NOT LATER THAN October 14, 2022