STRIKE SUSPENDED- LECTURES BEGIN

 

SUSPENSION OF INDEFINITE STRIKE

At an emergency meeting held on January 17, 2022, the National Council of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) agreed unanimously to suspend the indefinite strike action across all forty-six (46) Ghanaian public colleges of education on confinnation through validation of January salaries the implementation and payment of the 2017-2020 Conditions of Service (CoS). Following the validation of January salaries over the weekend, the Council has followed through with the following:

Teaching is restored in all the 46 public colleges of education effective Tuesday, 25th January, 2022, as the validation of January 2022 salaries has confirmed the implementation, but with disparate payment of arrears of the 2017-2020 CoS.

Notably, there have been widely observed disproportionate anomalies in the payment of the arrears as seen in the validation process across all the 46 public colleges of education. Unequivocally, the leadership of CETAG would like to express its utmost displeasure and grave concern about the manner in which the payment of the 2017- 2020 CoS arrears has been implemented.

CETAG expects that the needed steps will be taken by stakeholders to remedy the situation by paying fully all unpaid arrears in February 2022 by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD).

Further, we do as a matter of urgency, expect the Fair Wages and Salary Commission (FWSC) to take steps to re-engage the leadership of CETAG to conclude the negotiations of the 2021 CoS before the end of February, 2022.

The National Council would like to take this opportunity to express its gratitude to all CETAG members for their solidarity and collegial spirit throughout the period.

Cc: The Director-General, GTEC

The President, PRINCOF

Local & Zonal Chairpersons, CETAG