The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has intensified their strike by withdrawing all services, following the government’s directive to freeze their July salaries.
This comes after the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) directed the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) on July 22 to withhold the salaries of all striking CETAG members for July 2024.
GTEC also asked principals of the various colleges to invalidate the salaries.
Responding to this directive, CETAG in a statement on Tuesday, July 23, explained that the association would scale up to stop all of its services following the directive from the Minister of Education.
“In an emergency meeting of National Council, July 23, the council members took a unanimous decision to withdraw all our services including attendance to meetings, congregation ceremonies and provision of academic counselling services as well as supervision of students in the halls of residence with immediate effect until further notice,” the statement read.
CETAG added that it had referred the illegal directive to freeze their July salaries to their lawyers for the necessary actions.
The leadership of CETAG announced an indefinite strike that started Friday, June 14, 2024.
CETAG urged all members to withdraw teaching and related services indefinitely until their grievances were resolved.
The strike is to demand better working conditions and remuneration packages.
CETAG’s demands include the payment of one month’s salary to each member for additional duties performed in 2022, and the application of agreed rates of allowances payable to public universities to deserving CETAG members.
Currently, the strike has affected all 46 public colleges of education nationwide.
Due to this strike, the academic calendar has been interrupted and students are waiting anxiously for the resumption of classes.
Below is the full statement from CETAG
