Teacher recruitment will be a function of availability of funds and emergence of vacancies – Haruna Iddrisu

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The Education Minister-designate, Haruna Iddrisu
The Education Minister-designate, Haruna Iddrisu
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The Education Minister-designate, Haruna Iddrisu, has revealed that the recruitment of graduate teachers will be contingent upon the availability of funds and the emergence of vacancies.

His remarks came in response to a question posed by the Minority Leader and Ranking Member of the Committee, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, regarding the recruitment of diploma and graduate teachers.

Iddrisu emphasized that, “Recruitment will be a function of the availability of funds and the emergence of vacancies. The location of those vacancies, who is willing to go, and the financial clearance granted by the Ministry of Finance will determine the number of teachers we can recruit.”

He further clarified, “As and when we get the clearance, we will recruit those numbers necessary to keep our educational system running.”

This is a clear indication that graduates from universities who recently applied for employment (GES) and whose status is “pending for consideration” should note that they may be considered for recruitment when the necessary financial clearance is given.

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In a related development, the Minister-designate disclosed that President John Mahama’s government intends to allocate GHC345 million in its maiden budget specifically for the refund of admission fees for first-year students pursuing what he termed “normal subject areas.”

“On the authority of President Mahama, I am sure the Minister of Finance, if approved, will present the Reset Budget of the government. It will include a provision of GHC345 million for admission fees for students studying in normal subject areas, not areas like Medicine,” Iddrisu explained.

He highlighted that this initiative is considered an experiment by President Mahama. “For President Mahama, this is a model to experiment. We will look at it, how we fare as a country, and if it is possible to expand, then we expand it.”

These remarks were made in response to questions concerning the ‘No Fee Stress’ policy, also known as ‘No Academic User Fees for Level 100 Students,’ outlined in President Mahama’s Youth Manifesto.

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The manifesto states, “We will implement a no-fees stress programme to alleviate the financial burden on parents and students in financing tertiary education. We will implement a ‘No Academic Fees’ policy at the university for level 100 students.”

Iddrisu confirmed that students who have already paid their admission fees will receive a refund.

He also clarified that the policy refers solely to admission fees, not tuition, which is already free in all public universities in Ghana.

“We know that some students have paid their admission fees, we will refund it to them. Tuition is already free in all public universities in Ghana, so we are referring to admission fees,” he stated.

When asked if the policy would include Colleges of Education and Nursing and Midwifery Training Colleges, Iddrisu responded, “I am not here to use public universities and tertiary education interchangeably,” reaffirming that the policy is currently focused on admission fees for university students.

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