GES study leave with pay 2020/2021 has commenced per a letter from the Ghana Education Service sighted by Newsghana24.com.
According to the GES, I have approved 19 subject areas for the study leave with pay 2020/2021 academic year. This also affords nonteaching staff the opportunity to upgrade themselves in fields showed as part of the study areas. The closing date for all interested applicants is 30th October 2020.
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It is important that teaching and non-teaching staff are aware of the challenges of not securing the approval of GES before embarking on the study leave. Again, such study leaves are officially granted for only programs approved for the study leave. The dangers of opting for study leave without pay article is worth reading if you are to safeguard your salary and other benefits that come with failing to follow due process as an employee under the GES.
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The subjects approved for the GES Study Leave With Pay 2020/2021 include ;
Study Leave With Pay Subject for 2020/2021
ARTS: ENGLISH LANGUAGES/LINGUISTICS, FRENCH, SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, PHYSICS, INTEGRATED SCIENCE, ICT, LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
Others include AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, CROP HUSBANDRY, HORTICULTURE, FISHERIEs, FORESTRY.
Under Ghanaian languages, the approved subjects are DAGAARE, DAGBANI, DANGME, EWE, FANTE, GA, GONJA, KASEM, GURUNE, NZEMA, TWI (AKUAPEM), TWI (ASANTE)
BUSINESS EDUCATION: ACCOUNTING**, SECRETARIAL MANAGEMENT**, MANAGEMENT**, HRM/HRD**, VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, PLUMBING, PAINTING AND DECORATING, RADIO, TV AND ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION WORK, WEILDING, HAIRDRESSING, COMPUTERS SYSTEM TECH. PROGRAMME, REFRIGERATION MECHANICS
The rest are…
10 FASHION
11 CATERING AND HOSPITALITY
12 TAILORING/DRESSMAKING
13 BLOCKLAYING & CONCRETING
14 TECHNICAL DRAWING
15CAPENTRY AND JOINERY
16 PUBLISHING/BOOKBINDING
17 WOODWORK
18 PHOTOGRAPHY
19 FURNITURE CRAFT
20 UPHOSTERY
21 DRAUGHTMANSHIP
22 ELECTRONIC MACHINE REWINDING
23 AUTOBODY REPAIRS
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24 MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANICS
25 SMALL ENGINE SERVICE
26 HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS
27 AGRIC MECHANICS
28 METAL WORKS
29 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
30 INDUSTRIAL MECHANICS
ART/FINE ART/INDUSTRIAL ART
1 TEXTILES
2 GRAPHIC DESIGN
3 CERAMICS
4 JEWELRY
- LEATHER WORKS
6 SCULPTURE
7 VISUAL ART
OTHER SUBJECTS
1 LIBRARY/INFO. STUDIES**
2 SPECIAL EDUCATION
3 GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
4 PHYSICAL EDUCATION/SPORTS SCIENCE
5 EARLY CHILDHOOD
6 PUBLIC RELATIONS**
7 STORES MANAGEMENT *
8 PURCHASING AND SUPPLY *
It has also been indicated that the leave is opened to both teachers and non-teaching staff offering ICT. Supply and Logistics, Laboratory Technician and Library and Information Studies programs are for only non-teaching staff.
The various subjects are categorized into Science, Agric Science, Arts, Ghanaian Languages, Business Education, Vocational / Technical, Art/Fine Art/Industrial Art, with some non-teaching subjects.
