{"id":640,"date":"2026-06-03T10:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=640"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:52:21","slug":"over-100000-non-professional-teachers-risk-removal-national-teaching-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=640","title":{"rendered":"Over 100,000 non-professional teachers risk removal \u2014 National Teaching Council"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The National Teaching Council (NTC) has intensified efforts to sanitise the teaching profession as more than 100,000 non-professional teachers continue to teach in basic and private schools across the country without the required qualifications and licences.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The council said the situation posed a major threat to the quality of education, particularly in rural communities where unqualified teachers continued to dominate classrooms.<\/p>\n

The Director in charge of Teacher Licensing at the NTC, Francis Addae, disclosed this during a special matriculation ceremony for students admitted into the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) programme at the Catholic University of Ghana (CUG) last Monday.<\/p>\n

Compliance exercise<\/p>\n

According to him, a recent compliance exercise conducted in second-cycle schools revealed that about 12,279 graduate teachers lacked professional teaching certificates required for licensing.<\/p>\n

Mr Addae warned that non-professional teachers who failed to regularise their status risked being removed from classrooms in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time will come when you may not be allowed to teach,\u201d he cautioned.<\/p>\n

Prof. Matthew Glover Addo, \u00a0Vice-Chancellor of the Catholic University of Ghana, addressing the special matriculation<\/figcaption>
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NTC effort<\/strong><\/p>\n

He explained that the PGDE programme formed part of efforts by the council to help non-professional teachers acquire the required qualifications and become licensed professionals.<\/p>\n

Mr Addae disclosed that although more than 12,000 non-professional graduate teachers had been identified at the senior high school level, only about 1,421 were currently enrolled in the programme nationwide.<\/p>\n

He urged affected teachers to take advantage of the initiative and also encourage their colleagues to enrol in subsequent cohorts expected later this year.<\/p>\n

Mr Addae revealed that the programme had been heavily subsidised to make it affordable, reducing fees from between GH\u00a28,000 and GH\u00a29,000 to GH\u00a25,000 payable in instalments.<\/p>\n

He added that female teachers aged 35 years and below would also benefit from financial support under the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP).<\/p>\n

Upgrade<\/h2>\n

For his part, the Vice-Chancellor of the Catholic University of Ghana, Professor Matthew Glover Addo, underscored the urgent need for non-professional teachers, particularly those serving in rural communities, to upgrade themselves professionally.<\/p>\n

He said the rapidly evolving nature of education now demanded more than subject knowledge.<\/p>\n

Prof. Addo explained that modern teaching required professional pedagogical skills, classroom management techniques, educational psychology, assessment strategies and ethical professionalism.<\/p>\n

He said the programme was introduced in line with Section 67(1) of the Education Regulatory Bodies Act, 2020 (Act 1023), which states that a person cannot practice as a teacher unless registered as a professional teacher.<\/p>\n

According to him, the programme sought to address persistent teacher shortages in rural communities by increasing the number of professionally trained teachers in deprived areas.<\/p>\n

He said the NTC submitted 341 candidates to the university for consideration under the programme, out of which 75 successfully enrolled.<\/p>\n

Accept postings<\/h2>\n

Prof. Addo commended the matriculants for accepting to work in rural communities despite the reluctance of many professional teachers to accept postings to such areas.<\/p>\n

He urged the students to uphold discipline, dedication, academic excellence and high moral values throughout their studies.<\/p>\n

Prof. Addo further described teaching as \u201cnot merely a profession but a noble vocation that shapes the future of nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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