Ghana National Association of Teachers GNAT Elections and Nomination Forms
Positions
YOU CAN JOIN OUR TELEGRAM OR WHATSAPP OR FACEBOOK PAGES
NTC CPD Points Backlogs / No CPD Points After Courses and Professional Standing Statements
1. Chairman
2. Vice Chairman
3. Secretary
4. Assistant Secretary
5. Treasurer
6. Youth Coordinator
7. Basic School Rep
8. SHS Rep
9. GNAT-LAS Coordinator
10. Educational Administration Rep
NOTES TO PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES
1) Collect a nomination form from your Local, District, Regional or National GNAT secretariat or download from the GNAT official website.
2) Complete the form carefully and legibly in block letters.
3) Prospective Candidates SHALL attach clear photocopies of payslips (the last three months preceding the elections), SSNIT statement and GES employees biometric data printout.
4) Each of the proposers and seconders shall attach clear photocopies of payslips (the last three months preceding the elections).
5) Make sure that all the information provided by you (the Candidate contesting), the proposer and seconders are accurate and valid.
6) Please submit your forms strictly on or before the closing date announced by the GNATEC at that level you are contesting (that is Local, District, Regional Or National)
7) Please read the GNAT Constitution and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections in GNAT thoroughly.
8) Election Calendar
i. Local Conferences Elections shall be scheduled between February and March in a given Conference year.
ii. District Elections shall be held between April and May after the Local
Conferences have been held.
iii. Regional Elections shall be held between July and August after the Local and District Conferences have been held.
iv. National Elections shall be held in January of the ensuing year after the Regional, District and Local Elections have been held.
9) FILING OF NOMINATION
Filing of nominations shall be as follows:
i. not later than three (3) months before Conference in the case of
National Elections.
ii. not later than two (2) months before Conference in the case of Regional
Elections.
iii. not later than one (1) month before Conference in the case of District
Elections.
iv. not later than two (2) weeks before Conference in the case of Local
Elections.
10) NOMINATION OF CANDIDATE
A person presenting himself or herself for election to any elective office of the GNAT shall complete a nomination form.
A candidate shall be nominated in the following manner:
i. for a National position, there shall be one (1) proposer from nominee’s
own Region and two (2) members all in good standing from different
regions in Ghana endorsing the forms;
ii. for a Regional position, there shall be one (1) proposer and two (2) members all in good standing from different Districts (GNAT Districts) of the same Region endorsing the forms;
iii. for a District position, there shall be one (1) proposer and two (2) members all in good standing from different Locals of the same District endorsing the forms;
iv. for a Local position, there shall be one (1) proposer and two (2) members all in good standing from different Basic Units of the same local endorsing the forms;
v. for the Basic Unit, a candidate shall be nominated by two (2) GNAT members in good standing on the staff. One (1) of the two (2) shall be a proposer and the other one (1) a seconder.
GHANA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS (GNAT) NOMINATION FORM
……………………………….. LEVEL ELECTIONS
REGION: …………………………………………………………………………………..
DISTRICT: …………………………………………………………………………………..
LOCAL: …………………………………………………………………………………..
DATE OF THE ELECTIONS: ….…………………………………………….……………..
1. POSITION BEING CONTESTED …………….……….……………………………
2. PERSONAL DATA OF CANDIDATE: (Please complete clearly in Block letters)
i. Name: ……………..………..…………………………..……………………………
ii. Date of Birth: ………………………..………………..….…………………………….
iii. Age: …………………..…………………………………..……….…………………
iv. School/Office: ………………………………….……………………….………..…..
v. Address of School/Office:…………………………..………………………………..
vi. Local: ……………………………..…………………..………………………………
vii. GNAT District: ………………………………….……………….……………………
viii. GNAT Region: ……………………………………………………….………………
ix. Place of residence: ……………………………………………………………………
x. Staff ID: ………………..…………………………………..…………………………
xi. SSNIT No.: ……..……….…….……………………….…..…………………………
xii. Teachers Fund No.: ………………………………….……….………………………
xiii. Registered No. (if any): ………………………………………………………………
xiv. Telephone No(s).: ……………………..……………………..…………….…………
xv. WhatsApp / Social Media Contact No.: ……………….…..…………………………
xvi. E-mail Address: ……………………………….……….……………………………
Page 2 of 8
3. MEMBERSHIP OF GNAT & POSITIONS HELD
i. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A MEMBER OF GNAT
(please write specific year) …………………………………………………………
ii. STATE THE POSITION(S) YOU HAVE HELD IN GNAT (if any)
POSITION LEVEL DATE
a) …………………… ……………..…….. .……………………
b) …………………… ………….…………. .……………………
c) …………………… …………………….. ………………..……
d) ……………………. ……………………. ……………………
e) ……………………. ……………………. …………………….
f) ……………………. ……………………. …………………….
g) ……………………. …………………….. …………………….
iii. WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR THE POSITION YOU ARE CONTESTING FOR:
……………………………………………………………………………………..…
…………………………………………………..……………………………………
…………..……………………………………….……………………………………
4. INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSER
i. Name: ……………………………..…………..…………………………….………
ii. School/Office: …………………………..…………………………………………..
iii. Address of School/Office: …………………………………………………………..
iv. Local: ………………………………..………………………………………………
v. GNAT District: ………………………………………………………………………
vi. GNAT Region: ………………………………………………………………………
vii. Place of residence: ………………………………..…………………………………
viii. Staff ID: ……………..………………………………………………………………
ix. SSNIT No. …………………….………….…………………………………………
x. Teachers Fund No.: …………………………………………………………………
Page 3 of 8
xi. Registered No. (if any): ……………………………………………………………..
xii. Telephone No(s). : .………………………………….……..…………….…………
xiii. WhatsApp / Social Media Contact No.: …………………………………..…………
xiv. E-mail Address: ………………………………………..……………………………
xv. Number of years as GNAT member: ………………………………..……..………
xvi. Date of proposing the Candidate: ………………….………………………………..
xvii. Signature of proposer: ………………….………………………….……………….
5. INFORMATION ABOUT THE SECONDERS
A. SECONDER ONE
i. Name: ………………………..………..…………………………….………
ii. School/Office: …………………..…………………………………………..
iii. Address of School/Office: …………………………………………………..
iv. Local: ………………………..………………………………………………
v. GNAT District: ………………………………………………………………
vi. GNAT Region: ……..………………………………………………………
vii. Place of residence: ………..…………………………………………………
viii. Staff ID: ………….…….……………………………………………………
ix. SSNIT No. :………..…….…..………………………………………………
x. Teachers Fund No. :…………………………………………………………
xi. Registered No (if any): ……………..…………………………………….…
xii. Telephone No(s). : ……………..…………………..…………….…………
xiii. WhatsApp / Social Media Contact No.:.…………………..…………………
xiv. E-mail Address: …………………….………….……………………………
xv. Number of years as GNAT member: ………………………………………
xvi. Date of Seconding the Candidate: …..………..……………………………..
xvii. Signature of Seconder One: …………….………………….……………….
Page 4 of 8
B. SECONDER TWO
i. Name: …………………………….…..…………………………….……….
ii. School/Office: …..….………..….…………………………………………..
iii. Address of School/Office: …………………………………………………..
iv. Local: ………………………..………………………………………………
v. GNAT District: …..………………………………………………………….
vi. GNAT Region: ………………………………………………………………
vii. Place of residence: .……………………………….…………………….……
viii. Staff ID: ……..………………………………………………………………
ix. SSNIT No. :………………..…………………………………………………
x. Teachers Fund No. :…………………………………………………………
xi. Registered No (if any): ………………………………………………………
xii. Telephone No(s). : ……………………………………………………..……
xiii. WhatsApp/Social Media Contact No. ………………………………………
xiv. E-mail Address: …………………………………….……………………….
xv. Number of years as GNAT member: ………………………………………
xvi. Date of Seconding the Candidate: …………………………………………..
xvii. Signature of Seconder Two: ……………………………….……………….
6. DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE
I, …………………………………………………………………………………..….,
HEREBY DECLARE THAT ALL THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE (ABOUT
MYSELF, PROPOSER AND SECONDERS) ARE TRUE. I, FURTHER DECLARE
THAT IF ANY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS FOUND TO BE FALSE I
SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED AND SUFFER ANY PENALTY PROVIDED BY
THE CONSTITUTION AND RULES OF GNAT AND THE LAWS OF GHANA.
SIGNATURE OF CANDIDATE ………………….…… DATE…………………
Page 5 of 8
FOR GNAT ELECTIONS COMMITTEE (GNATEC) OR THEIR ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVES ONLY
1. SUBMITTED BY: ……………………………………………………………………………
2. DATE RECEIVED: …………………..…………..… TIME: ……………………………..
3. RECEIVED BY (NAME): ……………..……………………………..……………………..
4. SIGNATURE OF THE RECIPIENT: …………………….………………………………….
5. COMMENT/ RECOMMENDATION BY GNATEC: ………………………………………..
…………………………………………….…………………………………………………
………………………………………………….……………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
3K Retirement Benefit; GNAT NEC Meeting Outcome- GES Clearance for Allowance Payment to Teachers
Mutual Funds New Code and Applications
Revised Approved Rates of allowances for Teaching Staff within GES
PUBLISHED BY:
THE GNAT ELECTIONS COMMITTEE (GNATEC)
GHANA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS (GNAT)
TEACHERS HALL COMPLEX
P.O. BOX 209
ACCRA
CAGD (GOG) How to Change Association on Epayslip Portal- NEW
How To Make Correction on GOG E-payslip portal (Change of Phone Number) for Free
How to get your claims after terminating with an Association/Union
YOU CAN JOIN OUR TELEGRAM OR WHATSAPP OR FACEBOOK PAGES
NTC CPD Points Backlogs / No CPD Points After Courses and Professional Standing Statements