The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has written to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAGD) to withhold August salaries for members of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana.
A statement signed by Director of Administration Saka Sayuti said the move would affect teaching staff in all 46 SETAG colleges.
“We are writing to the Hon’ble Minister of Education requesting you not to pay the monthly salaries and allowances for the month of August 2023 to the teachers of all the 46 colleges of education,” the notice dated August 21 read parts of the.
However, the report directed the CAGD to submit the loan guarantee to CETAG by August 2023 for payment.
Earlier, the education ministry issued directives to the principals of education colleges to dismiss the incoming teachers before salary verification in August.
This should enable the ministry to save August salaries when they went on strike and therefore did not perform their duties.
On August 1, 2023, the Education and Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) commissioned an indefinite strike to push the government to bend its commitment to implement the negotiated performance measures
Their decision follows the government’s non-compliance with the National Labor Commission’s (NLC) arbitration award order dated May 2, 2023, to the negotiated terms of employment
The president of SETAG, Prince Obeng Himah, urged the NLC to compel the Ministry of Finance to abide by the agreements on its business model, adding that they would not stop until they saw that the mandates had been fully complied with.
The NLC terminated SETAG’s strike on the matter and referred it to the Commission a hearing.
This is after the leadership of the Association failed to appear before the NLC on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, for a hearing on their industrial action.
But CETAG dismissed claims that it refused to hour the NLC’s invitation for a hearing over their strike.
According to Mr Obeng-Himah,“it is misplaced to say that CETAG did not attend the meeting”, adding that “CETAG acted in line with the law.”
Meanwhile, the National President of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF) assured that CETAG’s demands from government will be met by August 31.
Speaking on JoyNews’ The Probe on Sunday, Prof Samuel Atintono said processes are currently underway for their concerns to be addressed.
“Government has accepted, we are working through the process and we are hoping that by August ending they should get it,” he said.
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