135 teachers with fake certificates investigated

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) has began probing eleven teachers who submitted fake documents as certificates to teach.

This follows recent staff verification exercise conducted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) in its quest to flush out teachers using fake certificates.

It also brings to 135 teachers believed to be operating with fake certificates in different parts of the country who are being investigated by the BNI.

According to a Daily Graphic report, the move is part of efforts by the GES to sanitise the educational system to ensure that only those with genuine certificates are maintained.

As part of the exercise, the various regional directors of education have been tasked to forward verification reports on all teachers in both basic and second-cycle institutions under their jurisdiction.

According to the Head of the Public Relations Unit of the GES, Rev. Jonathan Bettey, the names of 11 out of the number from the Gomoa East District in the Central Region had been handed over to the BNI.

He said currently, the BNI was inviting the affected teachers for interrogation.

Rev. Bettey said most of them had abandoned the classroom when they realised that the GES was carrying out the verification exercise and was confident that with the assistance of the regional directors of education and the BNI, such individuals would be fished out.