Government has collaborated with Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), to instructed the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to halt the salaries of all instructional staff at Colleges of Education for July.
In a letter dated July 22, 2024, the Commission indicated that this order, prompted by the Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, is due to the Colleges of Education Teachers Association Ghana (CETAG) not ending their current strike, which began in June.
“At the instance of the Minister for Education on the non-adherence of CETAG members to call off an illegal strike from June 2024, you are by this letter requested to stop the salaries of all teaching staff of the Colleges of Education (CETAG) except for the College Principals for July 2024. By this letter, the College Principals are not to validate the July 2024 salaries of all teaching staff,” the letter signed by the Head of IPP at GTEC, Prof. Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, stated.
Meanwhile, CETAG, which has maintained that its strike action over the non-implementation of the outstanding arbitration award by the National Labour Commission (NLC) is legal, has warned of legal action against any attempt by the government to freeze their salaries.