The National Teaching Council (NTC) has directed all teacher education institutions in Ghana to upload the details of their Level 400 (final-year) students onto the NTC portal. This directive is part of new reforms aimed at making the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE) more effective and connected to teacher training.
Why NTC is Making This Request
The new directive comes under the Resetting Ghana Agenda, which seeks to improve the standards of the teaching profession. Traditionally, teacher trainees wrote the licensure exam after completing their studies. However, under the new system, the exam will now be written as part of the final-year assessments.
This means that students will no longer have to wait after graduation before sitting for the GTLE. The move will help reduce delays, speed up certification, and ensure that new teachers are quickly available for classroom duties.
What Institutions Must Do
NTC has asked all Colleges of Education and universities offering education programs to prepare an Excel file containing the details of their final-year students. The information must be arranged under the following columns:
Index Number
Surname
Middle Name
First Name
Date of Birth
Sex
Programme
Programme Qualification
Year of Admission
Email Address
Telephone Number
This list must then be uploaded to the NTC system before the given deadline.
The Deadline
The deadline for submission is Monday, August 25, 2025. Institutions that fail to upload the details on time may face challenges in getting their students registered for the exam.
How This Reform Came About
In May 2025, the Minister of Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, set up a committee to review how the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination should be organized. The committee recommended that the licensure exam should be written before students graduate, instead of after.
NTC has now started implementing this recommendation, beginning with the uploading of student details to prepare for the new arrangement.
What This Means for Teacher Trainees
For final-year education students, this new directive has several benefits:
No delay after school – Students will not wait months after graduation before writing the licensure exam.
Smooth transition – Writing the exam as part of final-year assessments means faster certification and readiness for teaching.
Reduced pressure – Since it is integrated into the final-year program, students can prepare alongside their normal academic work.