30,000 Classrooms across Ghana without teachers – Kofi Asare.

30,000 Classrooms across Ghana without teachers – Kofi Asare.

Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, has disclosed that Ghana is currently grappling with a severe teacher deficit, with about 30,000 classrooms operating without teachers following the government’s failure to recruit new teachers in 2025. 

Speaking on Channel One TV on Tuesday, January 13, while assessing the one-year performance of President John Dramani Mahama, he said the lack of recruitment has had a direct impact on basic education, leaving many pupils without proper instruction and increasing the risk of school dropouts.

Asare explained that the education sector requires at least 15,000 new teachers each year to maintain balance in the system, accounting for poor distribution and annual attrition. However, he noted that no teachers were recruited in 2025, worsening an already strained situation. This has led to a significant gap in the education system, with many classrooms lacking qualified teachers to provide quality education. The situation is particularly concerning in rural areas, where schools often struggle to attract and retain teachers.

“As a result, we now have not less than 30,000 classrooms without teachers, and the number could be higher,” he stated, warning that the gap is undermining teaching and learning nationwide. The situation is affecting not only pupils but also the broader community, as education is a key driver of development.

Asare called for the immediate recruitment of at least 30,000 teachers, particularly into basic schools, and urged the government to ensure postings are made to areas where they are most needed. He emphasized the need for targeted incentives to attract teachers to deprived areas, citing the government's promise to implement a policy providing allowances for teachers who accept postings to these regions.

“The government promised to implement a policy under which teachers who accept postings to deprived areas will be given allowances, and such incentives must go hand in hand with the deployment of teachers to those areas,” he said, stressing the importance of supporting teachers in these critical areas



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