The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has called for comprehensive institutional reform to address what it described as cyclical recruitment delays in Ghana’s education sector.

The group said repeated shortages and prolonged unemployment among trained teachers point to the absence of a sustainable national teacher forecasting and recruitment policy.

“We cannot continue to lurch from crisis to crisis,” the conveners declared.

“Ghana needs a sustainable national teacher forecasting and recruitment framework to prevent future shortages.”

CDM stressed that workforce planning must be data-driven and aligned with district-level staffing realities.

It argued that transparent monitoring mechanisms are essential to prevent disparities between urban and deprived communities.

“Ghana’s future cannot be mortgaged to bureaucratic inertia,” the statement emphasised.

The movement called for strengthened parliamentary oversight, including mandatory quarterly updates on recruitment, deployment and classroom staffing levels, to ensure accountability and long-term stability in the sector.