TTAG Directs unpaid Teacher Trainees to submit details over allowance delays

Story By: Deborah Adorsu

The Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG) has directed students who have not received any allowance in the first and second disbursements to submit their details to their respective local executives by Tuesday, November 10, 2026.

The directive follows complaints about discrepancies in the recent allowance payments across the country’s 49 public Colleges of Education, with some trainees receiving two months’ allowances, others three months, and some as many as four months, while others received nothing at all.

In a press release dated November 9, 2026, TTAG said it had engaged the Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF), the body responsible for disbursing the allowances, which confirmed that the disbursement process had been completed on its end.

According to the association, the SLTF explained that trainees who received fewer months of allowances than expected still have outstanding balances pending payment and urged affected students to remain calm.

However, trainees who received no payment in both the first and second disbursements are required to report to their local TTAG Students’ Representative Council (SRC) executives for their details to be captured.

They must provide:

• Full name
• Ghana Card number
• Index number

The local executives will compile the details into college-based lists for submission to the National Secretariat.

TTAG has cautioned local executives to ensure that the lists are accurate, contain no duplicate entries, and include only trainees who have received no payment at all.

It stressed that trainees who received partial payments should not be included, as the SLTF is already handling their outstanding balances separately.

The association said its National Secretariat would continue engaging the SLTF and provide further updates as they become available, reaffirming its commitment to the welfare of teacher trainees across the country.