The National Teaching Council (NTC) has cautioned the public against a fraudulent public announcement in circulation, claiming changes in the Teacher Licensure Examination result from “fail to pass” 

The NTC says such a move is impossible.

In a statement, the NTC noted it has “not made any changes to the examination results.”

It indicated that the “published results remain valid and any announcements suggesting alterations to the results are false, misleading, and should be treated as fraudulent.”

The NTC advised candidates to “verify information only through the official NTC communication channels, including our official website and authorised social media accounts.”

It added that it is “investigating the source of this fraudulent announcement and appropriate legal action will be taken against those responsible.”

Meanwhile, the NTC has granted an opportunity for teachers who did not meet the required threshold in the 2023 Teacher Licensure Exams to retake the examination in March this year. 

Out of a total of over 20,000 teachers who participated in the exams, approximately 8,000 fell short of the stipulated pass mark.

The Registrar of the National Teaching Council, Dr Christian Addea Poku, affirmed the council's commitment to maintaining high standards in the teaching profession. 

He emphasised the importance of licensing only qualified teachers to be placed in classrooms, underscoring the role of the council in regulating and licensing teachers, not limited to those in public schools.

Addressing concerns about the employability of those who failed the exams, Dr. Poku noted: “People have been talking about the fact that we failed people because there is no vacancy for the Ministry of Education or the Ghana Education Service to employ them, but for us at the National Teaching Council, we don’t regulate and license only public school teachers.”

He further explained that the licensing process opens opportunities beyond public institutions.

“So, we expect that when people go through the system and they get licensed, some of them may get absorbed by the Ministry of Education or the Ghana Education Service,” Dr Opoku stressed.

The figures from the 2023 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE) 2&3 revealed 9,556 out of the 20,181 teachers who sat for the exams—over 30 per cent—failing to meet the pass mark.