The National Service Scheme(NSS) is to handle the postings of newly-trained teachers in consultation with the Ghana Education Service and the National Teaching Council, the Ministry of Education has said in a release.

By this, the probation, induction and national service period would take place concurrently, the official statement from the Ministry noted.

This comes after MoE’s  meeting with the various stakeholders in Teacher Education  including the Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana(TTAG), Teacher and Trainees Advocacy(TTA), and Coalition of New Trained Teachers(CNTT).

The leadership of TTAG, CNTT, and TTA will meet with the GES to establish the processes leading to full employment, the release added.

Meanwhile, the Teacher Trainee Association of Ghana(TTAG) has disputed claims by the Ministry of Education that it has agreed that newly -trained teachers will be posted by the National Service Scheme in Association in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service  and the National Teaching Council(NTC).

In a statement later, denied submitting to such arrangement in the said meeting saying “we would like to state categorically that the said statement does not represent the true outcome of the meeting. There was no sort of agreement as stated in the press release from the Ministry of Education.”