The Ministry of Labour and Employment Relations (MLER) through the Fair Wages Commission has invited the leadership of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association Ghana (CETAG) and other stakeholders to a meeting on Monday, August 19.

The meeting, among other things, would discuss concerns of CETAG members who have been on a nationwide strike for the last two months leading to a halt in academic work at all the 46 Colleges of Education in the country.

Other stakeholders invited to the meeting include the President of CETAG, Ministry of Finance, Director Tertiary (Ministry of Education), Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF), Director General, GTEC, The Head of Public Financial Management Unit (CPMU).

Background

CETAG members in all 46 Colleges of Education on June 14, embarked on strike action over the government’s delay in implementing their National Labour Commission’s Arbitral Award and negotiated service conditions.

Some of their demands include the payment of one month’s salary to each member for additional duties performed in 2022, and applying agreed rates of allowances payable to public universities to deserving CETAG members.

The impasse has brought academic activities on all campuses of colleges of education to a halt affecting teaching and learning.

The leadership of the College of Education Students Association have, therefore, proposed the closure of the colleges so they could go home while the issue was being resolved.

This, the government has kicked against vehemently stating that there has been a breakthrough with CETAG and soon they will come back to campus to teach.

The President of Princof, Prof. Samuel Atintono, on one breath has assured the nation that they were ready to fix the academic calendar to restore the academic work to normal as soon as the CETAG members come back to campus.