WORRY DEVELOPMENT ON TEACHER CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG GES STAFF
The National Teaching Council (NTC) has issued a worrying letter to Ghana Education Service (GES) as 100,000 of it’s staff have not accrued even a single CPD point.
NOTE:
When teachers do not meet the requirement or exceed the allocated points for their licenses to be renewed, the National Teaching Council can revoke or suspend their licenses.
This means that their license is invalid, and the teacher or facilitator can no longer legally operate in the classroom.
Also, note that teachers are expected to renew their registration within fifteen days before the specified expiry date.
The difference between Revoking and Suspending of License
The difference between revoking and suspending a license is that one action is permanent, and the other temporary.
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A suspended license can be reinstated after doing the needful, or by taking a required action.
A revoked license is invalid forever – but it is sometimes possible for a person with a revoked license to earn a new one.
The National Teaching Council has noted with concern the snail pace at which staff of GES are complying with the point-based teacher continuous professional development (CPD) since the commencement of teacher registration and licensing in October 2020.
The data available to the Council points to a disturbing low points build-up for majority of teachers.
As you are aware, the Council per its guidelines, has opted to use CPD points as one of the conditions for the renewal of in-service teachers licence and registration.
Based on a person’s rank, one must obtain a minimum number of points to qualify for renewal of licence and registration.
The CPD points are gained by assessing NTC approved CPDs, either provided by the employer or accredited CPD providers.
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Data available to the Council indicates that over one hundred thousand (100,000) of your staff have not accrued a single CPD point since their registration numbers were issued from October 2020 to date.
Presently, only four thousand, out of over three hundred thousand teachers are potentially able to meet the minimum CPD points by the end of next year.
Per the Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2021, Act 1023, 67(1) “A person shall not practice as a teacher unless the person is registered as a teacher in accordance with this Act”. It is also urgent to draw your attention to section 79 of the same Act which says
Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2021, Act 1023, 67(1)
“A person shall not knowingly or negligently employ a person as a teacher in an institution unless the teacher is registered under this Act”.
The trend of your employees’ compliance to the prescription of the law is worrisome and your immediate intervention to forestall us coming to the brink of legal dilemma.
It is important that NTC enforces the law but is equally important that our schools have professionally qualified teachers.
This pre-emptive communication is to enable us strategize ahead of time and ensure that no teacher is unduly affected.
The Council therefore calls on you as the employer of a large number of teachers to strategize how you can support your staff to work consciously towards compliance.
Thank you.
Christian Addai-Poku (PhD) Registrar
Ce: Honourable Minister, MoE Board Chair, NTC Teacher Unions
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