The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has called off its two-months-old strike.
This was contained in a statement by the association on Tuesday, August 20.
CETAG began a nationwide strike on June 14, citing the government’s failure to implement agreed-upon arbitral awards and other conditions of service for its members.
But CETAG in a statement on Tuesday, noted that it has called off the strike.
“In an emergency virtual National Council meeting of the College of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) today, Tuesday, August 20, 2024, Council members have voted unanimously to call off the ongoing strike action of the Association with immediate effect,” part of the statement read.
The decision to call off the strike, according to the statement follows CETAG’s meeting with the Office of the Vice President on August 15, 2024, at the Jubilee House and the assurance given to stand surety for resolution of the impasse.
However, CETAG noted that it will resume the strike action at the end of October 2024 if the the government fails to follow the road map as agreed.
“That, the frozen July 2024 and August 2024 salaries shall be paid together at the end of August 2024. That, the offline migration of the staff shall be completed at the end of August 2024. The offline migration data shall be sent to all 46 colleges of education for verification by individual staff before processing by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) in September 2024.”
“That, payment after migration will reflect in October 2024 salaries and that, the parties shall meet to agree on the payment plan for all arrears immediately. That, the nomenclature to be used for migrating Senior Members of the Teaching staff shall be Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor in line with the affiliate universities’ Scheme of Service. That, compensation for All-Year-Round work done in 2022 shall be paid by the end of August 2024, and that, all holders of researched Master’s degrees shall be migrated as Assistant Lecturers,” the statement further said.
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