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Below is all the needed insight of GES Study Leave with pay: Qualifications, Courses, Duration, Promotion
STUDY LEAVE
i. Study leave with or without pay may be granted to members of the service by the council on the advice of the director-general.
ii. Study leave with pay may be granted by the council on the advice of the Director-General to members of the service for approved courses, including industrial and/or professional qualifications.
iii. The grant of study leave with pay shall be governed by regulations relating to courses, duration, qualification, bonding, etc. as may be laid down by the GES.
iv. Periods spent on study leave with pay shall count for service and shall be increment-earning subject to satisfactory work and conduct during the course. Employees who do not qualify under the prevailing regulations or who wish to undertake courses not approved for the grant of study leave with pay, may at their own request be granted study leave without pay for not more than four years.
v. Period of study without pay shall earn increment and shall count as service, provided the course is considered relevant to the services by the council and is completed within the normal period.
vi. Study leave with pay shall be transferable except that the period spent in the former institutions shall be deducted from the period granted for the new course.
vii. The service shall provide a return-ticket for the spouse and two children of not more than 18 years of age of members who are granted study leave to study overseas for courses lasting for more than one academic year.
viii. Certificated teachers who are on the rank of principal superintendent are above who pursue degree courses on study leave on successful completion shall be eligible for promotion to the next grade after two (2) years service in the Ghana Education Service.
ix. Certificated teachers who pursue higher degree courses such as M.A., M.Sc., M.Phil., M.Ed., etc. on study leave would join the line for interview for promotions to the next higher rank, provided they have served one (1) year for Ph.D. holders or two (2) years for master degree holders on their current grade.
x. The Ghana Education Service shall be responsible for the payment of tuition and examination fees of all employees who pursued instance education in approved courses and institutions.
The same shall apply to certificated teachers who enroll in top-up programs to qualify in terms of what is required to practice as a professional teacher at any given time.
xi. Employees who are granted study leave with pay shall be paid book allowance equivalent to fifteen percent of their monthly gross salary at the end of each academic year till the completion of the course.
xii. Employees who are granted study leave with pay to study outside Ghana shall, in addition to the book allowance, be paid warm clothing allowance, the value of which shall be determined from time to time by the union and the service.
Below is another section dubbed “Limited Engagement”
Limited Engagement
- An employee who has retired compulsorily may be appointed on limited engagement terms. The terms for engagement shall be determined by the union and management from time to time.
REMUNERATION
- The salary scale appropriate to each post in the service shall be determined through negotiations with appropriate authorities.
- All other conditions of work such as:
- Hours of work, contact hours
- Leave for association activities
- Class size and workload
- Principles of engagement and termination of service including redundancy, probation, transfers, promotion, and housing.
- Sick leave with pay
- Training
- Sickness benefits/medical schemes
- Study leave
- Release of employee
Shall be determined by a joint negotiating team made up of 5 persons each from the service and the union.
- Any employee who is covered by this agreement shall receive the rate of pay commensurate with his or her job classification based on properly conducted job evaluation.
- Where an employee is found to have been improperly rated or misplaced on a salary scale or point, the service and the fair wages commission shall immediately rectify such error and pay all arrears due to the employee.
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