Ranks in Ghana

Education Service –
GES from the highest
to the lowest.
 In Ghana Education Service (GES), there are
structures just like any other institution. Employees
are paid based on the rank the are coupled with
other responsibilities. In this article, we have
compiled a list of all the ranks in GES with their
description.
Below is the compiled
list from the highest
the lowest rank in
GES:
1. Director-General –
Based on political
appointment
2. Deputy Director-
General
There are two deputies
a. One in charge of
Access & Quality
 b. The other is in
charge of Management
Services
3. Director I – Long
service. They are the
divisional/regional
directors.
4. Director II – also
long service – They
are the District
Directors.
 5. Deputy Director –
long service – They are
usually appointed as
assistant District
Directors.
6. Assistant Director I –
long service – Can be
appointed as Circuit
supervisor or heads of
Senior High Schools.
 7. Assistant Director II – Long
service, and promotion upon
acquisition of a master’s degree or
Ph.D. can be appointed as a head
of basic school.
8. Principal Superintendent – long service, and
entry point for first degree holders. Minimum
requirement for appointment as a teacher in the
Senior High school. Now the new Minimum
requirement for appointment as a basic school
teacher.
9. Senior Superintendent I –
long service – Four years of
serving on the rank of
Senior Superintendent II.
 10. Senior Superintendent II –
Entry point for Diploma
certificate holders. Used to be
the requirement for appointment
as a basic school teacher.
11. Superintendent I –
long service, Four
years of serving on
Superintendent II.
12. Superintendent II –
Entry rank for (Cert A)
holders.
13. Pupil Teacher– This is the rank for those employed in the
service with SSCE, WASSCE, and GCE as well as those who
couldn’t pass all their papers in College before employment.
Previously, whether you pass all courses in college or not,
you will be posted before you take steps to redeem yourself.
Currently, this rank seems not not be functioning.