Kumasi: The Teacher Unions-GNAT, NAGRAT, and PRETAG-have condemned Interior Minister Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka over comments linking the use of forged WASSCE results by security service recruits to the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the teaching profession.
According to Ghana Web, the unions expressed that the comments were offensive and amounted to an unfair attack on teachers and the education sector, warning that they would not allow teachers to be used as 'scapegoats or guinea pigs' by government officials. Muntaka is reported to have made these comments on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, while speaking at a ceremony to open classroom facilities at the Asokore Mampong Roman Catholic School in the Ashanti Region.
The unions highlighted that the Interior Minister suggested that the issue of forged or doctored WASSCE results should have been detected within the GES and the teaching profession, rather than the security services. In a statement dated September 10, 2026, the unions rejected this assertion, emphasizing that applicants seeking to enter the Education Service undergo several qualification and verification processes.
They detailed that applicants are required to possess relevant academic qualifications, complete their national service, and hold a valid National Teaching Council (NTC) teaching license. Academic certificates and other documents submitted during recruitment are also subjected to verification with the institutions that awarded them.
'It is therefore unfortunate that Hon. Muntaka is accusing and attributing forged and doctored WASSCE Certificates to the GES, Teachers and by extension indicting the Sector Minister, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, the Director General, GES and also the current Vice President of Ghana,' the unions stated. They asserted that while teachers are not opposed to criticism, they will resist comments that ridicule the profession or create public disaffection against its members.
The Teacher Unions have called on Muntaka to retract his comments and apologize to teachers, insisting that the profession deserves respect and recognition for its contribution to national development. 'We are fed up with this scapegoating and blame game against our teachers. Enough is enough!' the unions declared.