The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has announced the conclusion of its strike, which had been ongoing for over two months.
The decision to call off the strike was made during an emergency virtual meeting of the association’s National Council on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.
The statement issued by CETAG revealed that the strike was called off following a meeting with Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on August 15, 2024, at the Jubilee House.
During the meeting, the government gave assurances that the outstanding concerns of CETAG would be addressed.
“In an emergency virtual National Council meeting of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) today, Tuesday, 20th August 2024, Council members have voted unanimously to call off the ongoing strike action of the Association with immediate effect,” the statement explained.
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Furthermore, the meeting between the government team and representatives of CETAG at the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) on Monday, 19th August 2024 confirmed the assurances given.
A roadmap with clear timelines for resolving the concerns of CETAG was provided by the government team.
CETAG has agreed to the roadmap, which includes various actions that will be taken:
1. The frozen salaries for July 2024 and August 2024 will be paid together at the end of August 2024.
2. The offline migration of staff will be completed by the end of August 2024.
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3. The offline migration data will be sent to all 46 colleges of education for verification by individual staff before being processed by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) in September 2024.
4. The payment after migration will reflect in October 2024 salaries, and a meeting will be held to determine the payment plan for all arrears.
5. The nomenclature for migrating senior members of the teaching staff will be Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor, in line with the affiliate universities’ Scheme of Service.
6. Compensation for all-year-round work done in 2022 will be paid by the end of August 2024.
7. Holders of researched Master’s degrees will be migrated as Assistant Lecturers.
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However, CETAG has warned that if these conditions are not met by the end of October 2024, the strike will resume.
“CETAG leadership wishes to reiterate that the strike action shall resume at the end of October 2024 if the Employer fails to follow the roadmap”
Currently, the strike has been suspended, and academic work is expected to resume at all the public colleges of education with immediate effect.
