Dr.Eric Nkansah confirmed substantive Director-General of (GES)

Dr. Eric Nkansah has been confirmed as the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service(GES). A letter dated January 4, 2023, signed by the Acting Director of the Human Resource Management Department(HRMD) at the GES, Ms. Angela Frimpomaa Nkansah, addressed to all Regional Directors of the GES informing them about the official confirmation of Dr. Eric Nkamsah. The letter further directed that all official correspondence and memoranda should therefore be addressed as such. Before his elevation, Dr. Eric Nkansah was the Director in charge of Tertiary Education at the Ministry of Education. His appointment as GES Director-General took effect on October 19, 2022, amidst protests by teacher unions. They argued that he was not a teacher and wanted the government to revoke the appointment. The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers, Thomas Tanko Musah, argued that the position of the Director-General of the GES has always been occupied by an “educationist since its creation in the 1970s and remained as such even under military regimes".