The Coalition of Unemployed Trained Teachers has called on President John Dramani Mahama and education authorities to reinstate the traditional batch-by-batch teacher recruitment system, arguing that it offers a fairer and more structured approach to employing newly trained teachers.
According to the coalition, the current recruitment model has left thousands of qualified teachers without jobs, forcing graduates from different academic years to compete for a limited number of vacancies.
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The group noted that many graduates from the 2022 College of Education cohort are still awaiting recruitment and posting, while those who completed their training in 2023 and 2024 have also yet to be employed.
It is therefore urging the government to give priority to recruiting the outstanding 2022 graduates, followed by the 2023 cohort, in the next teacher recruitment exercise before opening opportunities to subsequent graduating classes.
The coalition maintained that restoring the batch-by-batch recruitment system would ensure a more transparent and orderly process while reducing the challenges faced by unemployed graduates.
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It stressed that the prolonged delay in recruitment has placed significant financial pressure on many trained teachers, who continue to struggle with the rising cost of living and the absence of stable employment.
The group further argued that adopting the batch recruitment system would allow the Ghana Education Service (GES) to improve workforce planning, streamline teacher postings, and allocate educational resources more efficiently.
Additionally, the coalition believes the system would promote fairness by ensuring graduates are recruited in the order they completed their training, preventing earlier cohorts from being bypassed.
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The appeal has been addressed to President Mahama, the Minister for Education, and the Ghana Education Service, with the coalition urging the authorities to adopt a teacher recruitment process that is transparent, equitable, and sustainable.