Ghana Education Service (GES) ranks for teachers and their corresponding take-homes (monthly pay) have been captured extensively in this article including promotion cuts due to teachers.
In Ghana, the public knows teachers for their tremendous work but their due take-homes are meager and nothing to talk about.
In as much as the profession is tagged worst, teachers are not the worst public servants in Ghana. They have some level of attraction in their salary.
Teachers are paid based on experience, rank, and duties, including promotions.
Ranks in Ghana Education Service (GES) - HIGHEST TO LOWEST
• Director General.
• Deputy Director General.
• Director I.
• Director II.
• Deputy Director.
• Assistant Director I.
• Assistant Director II.
• Principal Superintendent.
• Senior Superintendent I.
• Senior Superintendent II.
• Superintendent I.
• Superintendent II.
• Pupil Teacher.
Gradually, the employer, GES will no more accept Diploma as a basic requirement for teachers to teach in basic schools.
However, the Service has put in structures that will assist the ‘fading requirement holders” to upgrade themselves to become degree teachers and be placed on the rank of Principal Superintendent straight forward.
HOW SALARIES ARE PAID IN GES
The salary of teachers is paid per the ranks in the GES using the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS).
The structure used for payment in GES is the SSSS. It has two (2) main components:
i. Levels
ii. Points
a. Levels
A group of teachers with the same job portfolios are put on the same salary level. The level of staff in Ghana Education Service ranges from level one (1) to level twenty-five (25).
The employer places staff performing the least work job description on level one (1). The employer pays the Director-General (the highest-ranked staff of the service) on level 25.
b. Points
Here, the staff who entered a particular rank first stays ahead of the later staff by such many years. The point indicates the number of years staff has been on the rank.
The points here are designed in a way that a staff member has to qualify for promotion to the next level at the time the staff exhaust all the available points on a particular level.
Teachers’ salary in Ghana at entry into the service
a. Diploma recruits
Newly posted diploma teachers are placed on the salary scale of PSH14.1. The salary for diploma recruits is:
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 3,278.56
• 15% Market Premium: 491.78
• Gross Salary: 3,770.34
• SSNIT (5.5%): 180.32
• Taxable Income: 3,590.02
• Income Tax: 519.00
• Net Salary: 3,071.02
b. Entry at degree level
The salary scale for newly recruited degree holders to teach is PSH16.1.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 4,151.22
• 15% Market Premium: 622.68
• Gross Salary: 4,773.90
• SSNIT (5.5%): 228.32
• Taxable Income: 4,545.59
• Income Tax: 734.90
• Net Salary: 3,810.69
c. Director-General
The salary scale for the Director General of the Ghana Education Service is PSH25.1.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 12,628.71
• 15% Market Premium: 1,894.31
• Gross Salary: 14,523.01
• SSNIT (5.5%): 694.58
• Taxable Income: 13,828.43
• Income Tax: 3,055.61
• Net Salary: 10,772.83
Teachers’ Salary in Ghana (GH¢)
1. Senior Superintendent II (PSH14.1)
Entry level for diploma holders.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 3,278.56
• 15% Market Premium: 491.78
• Gross Salary: 3,770.34
• Net Salary: 3,071.02
2. Senior Superintendent I (PSH15.1)
This rank is attained by promotion for a diploma holder.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 3,689.18
• 15% Market Premium: 553.38
• Gross Salary: 4,242.55
• Net Salary: 3,431.24
3. Principal Superintendent (PSH16.1)
Entry level for degree holders and by promotion for diploma holders.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 4,151.22
• 15% Market Premium: 622.68
• Gross Salary: 4,773.90
• Net Salary: 3,810.69
4. Assistant Director II (PSH18.1)
This rank is attained by promotion for both diploma and degree holders.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 4,996.97
• 15% Market Premium: 749.54
• Gross Salary: 5,746.51
• Net Salary: 4,505.26
5. Assistant Director I (PSH19.1)
This rank is attained by promotion for both diploma and degree holders.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 5,436.40
• 15% Market Premium: 815.46
• Gross Salary: 6,251.86
• Net Salary: 4,866.14
6. Deputy Director (PSH20.1)
This rank is attained by promotion for both diploma and degree holders.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 6,434.59
• 15% Market Premium: 965.19
• Gross Salary: 7,399.78
• Net Salary: 5,685.91
7. Director II (PSH21.1)
This rank is attained by promotion for degree holders only.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 7,488.75
• 15% Market Premium: 1,123.31
• Gross Salary: 8,612.06
• Net Salary: 6,551.64
8. Director I (PSL22.1)
This rank is attained by promotion for degree holders only.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 8,011.12
• 15% Market Premium: 1,201.67
• Gross Salary: 9,212.78
• Net Salary: 6,980.63
9. Deputy Director General (PSH23.1)
This rank is attained by promotion for degree holders only.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 9,643.25
• 15% Market Premium: 1,446.49
• Gross Salary: 11,089.74
• Net Salary: 8,321.02
13. Director General (PSH25.1)
This rank is attained by appointment for degree holders only.
• New Basic Salary (Monthly): 12,628.71
• 15% Market Premium: 1,894.31
• Gross Salary: 14,523.01
• Net Salary: 10,772.83
Teachers’ Salary in Ghana after promotion
a. Promotion from Principal Superintendent (PS) to Assistant Director II (AD II)
Teachers on the Principal Superintendent (PS) rank with extra responsibility are placed on PSL19.1, with a net salary of GH¢4,575.02.
b. Promotion from Assistant Director II (AD II) to Assistant Director I (AD I)
Teachers on the Assistant Director II (AD II) rank with extra responsibility are placed on PSL20.1, with a net salary of GH¢5,341.33. Those without any extra responsibility will be placed on PSH19.1.
c. Promotion from Assistant Director I (AD I) to Deputy Director.
Teachers on the Assistant Director I (AD I) rank with extra responsibility will be placed on PSL21.1, with a net salary of GH¢6,150.61. Those without any extra responsibility will be placed on PSH20.1.