Teacher unions demand apology from Muntaka over WASSCE forgery comments

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.

The unions said 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 the 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.

According to the unions, 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 the assertion and said applicants seeking to enter the Education Service undergo several qualification and verification processes.

They explained that applicants are required to possess relevant academic qualifications, complete their national service and hold a valid National Teaching Council (NTC) teaching licence. Academic certificates and other documents submitted during recruitment are also subjected to verification with the institutions that awarded them.

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“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 said.

They stressed that teachers were not opposed to criticism but would resist comments that subjected the profession to ridicule or created public disaffection against its members.

“Our teachers cannot be made scapegoats or guinea pigs by any government appointee,” the unions stated.

The Teacher Unions therefore called on Muntaka to retract his comments and apologise to teachers, insisting that the profession deserved 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 said.

Read the statement below

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