Study Leave with Pay for Government School Teachers

The authorized topic areas for Study Leave With Pay for the 2025 academic year are being announced to eligible workers by the Ghana Education Service (GES). Online training for teachers

According to the GES Study Leave With Pay policy, service members must meet the following requirements in order to be eligible for Study Leave With Pay.

Study Leave with Pay for Government School Teachers

 Requirements for the Study Leave With Pay

1. Satisfactory service is the bare minimum required to be eligible for Study Leave With Pay. A Study Leave With Pay recipient will be bonded for the whole number of years they have worked at the institution plus an additional year.
2. A GES employee who has worked for two (2) years in a designated underprivileged region may be entitled to apply for study leave with pay.
3. Non-professional graduate teachers should have served for at least one (1) year before being eligible for any of the Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) courses.
4. Before being eligible for Study Leave With Pay, service personnel returning from secondment must serve for a minimum of two (2) years.
5. Staff of the Service who vacate, leave the service, and are reappointed/re-engaged must serve a minimum of five (5) years before being eligible for Study Leave With Pay.
6. A staff member who does not qualify for the grant of Study Leave With Pay in the first year cannot apply again in the second year of his/her studies. The staff must apply for study leave with pay to pursue the course.
7. A Staff who is eligible for study leave with pay must have a minimum of two (2) years to serve after the course. For example, a staff member who is fifty-five (55) years or older cannot apply for Study Leave With Pay to pursue a course that lasts four (4) years or more. He/She can, however, apply to pursue courses that have a duration of between one (1) and two (2) years.
8. A staff member shall be eligible for study leave with pay subject to the following:

     a) Good conduct and performance

    b) Recommendation by immediate supervisor

 How to Apply for Study Leave with Pay.

•  Applicants should obtain application forms from the Metro/Municipal/District Education Offices.
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• Applicants should complete application forms (4 copies) and attach certified true copies of certificate(s).
•  Applications should be submitted to the applicant’s regional director through the metro/municipal/district director/head of institution (2nd cycle).
•  The Regional/District Directors should ensure that the list of all fully qualified beneficiaries reaches the Acting Director, Human Resource Management and Development (HRMD), GES Headquarters by Friday, 31st October, 2025.

 Teaching Subjects That Make You Eligible for the Study Leave with Pay

1	Physics	Teaching	60%
2	Chemistry	Teaching	60%
3	Biology	Teaching	60%
4	Animal Husbandry	Teaching	60%
5	Crop Husbandry	Teaching	60%
6	Mathematics	Teaching	60%
7	Engineering	Teaching	60%
8	Integrated Science	Teaching	60%
9	General Agriculture	Teaching	60%
10	English Language	Teaching	60%
11	Physical Education	Teaching	60%
12	French	Teaching	60%
13	Ghanaian Language	Teaching	60%
14	ICT (Information Technology)	Teaching	60%
15	Special Education	Teaching	60%
16	Computer Science	Teaching	60%
17	Social Studies	Teaching	60%
18	Guidance and Counselling	Teaching	60%
19	Early Childhood	Teaching	60%
20	Religious Studies	Teaching	60%
21	Economics	Teaching	60%
22	Government	Teaching	60%
23	Geography	Teaching	60%
24	History	Teaching	60%
25	Music	Teaching	60%
26	Visual Arts (GKA, Creative Art, Leather Work, Sculpture, Clothing & Textiles, Graphic Design, Picture Making, Ceramics, Painting, Basketry)	Teaching & Non-Teaching	30%
27	Vocational Education (Clothing & Textiles, Hospitality Management, Catering, Fashion and Design, Management in Living, Food and Nutrition, Home Economics, Fisheries, Jewellery, Beads Making)	Teaching & Non-Teaching	30%
28	Technical Course (Tech Drawing, Electronics, Applied Electricity, Wood Work, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Welding, Metal Work, Building Construction, Auto Mechanic, Auto Works and Fabrication, Draughtsmanship, Creative Art, Electrical Engineering, Plumbing and Gas Fitting, Carpentry)	Teaching & Non-Teaching	30%
29	Librarianship	Non-Teaching	10%
30	Procurement: Purchasing, Supply and Logistics	Non-Teaching	10%
31	Secretaryship	Non-Teaching	10%
32	Business Administration	Non-Teaching	10%
33	Estate Management	Non-Teaching	10%
34	Laboratory Technician	Non-Teaching	10%
35	Accounting