The allowance will be paid in NOVEMBER 2021 in which part will be used to cater for laptops which will be distributed to every single teacher who works under the umbrella of GES. Teachers are expected to receive an amount of about GHS650. 56 after an amount of GHS549. 44 is deducted for the 30% payment of the laptop.
The payment of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) allowance to teaching and non-teaching staff in GES commenced in 2020 after the ministry of education, Ghana Education Service and the Teacher Unions in recent negotiations of the collective agreement on the conditions of service for teaching staff signed a memorandum of understanding that all teachers were to be paid continuous professional development allowance of one thousand and two-hundred Ghana Cedis (GHC1,200) and eight hundred (GHC800) for teaching and non-teaching staff respectively. The payment of the said allowance hit teachers accounts in November 2020 a month before the presidential election was held