The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has said it has paid top-up of the research allowance for 44 of the 46 Colleges of Education.
The outstanding Colleges are McCoy and Dambai, which have some technical issues to be resolved.
In a statement, GTEC announced this forms part of steps to resolve concerns of the Colleges of Education Teachers’ Association of Ghana (CETAG) to ultimately end their 2-month-old strike.
“Again, as you are aware, the Commission has migrated 20 institutions as of today and hopes to complete all 46 before the end of the month. In addition, the top-up of the research allowance has been paid to 44 Colleges of Education except McCoy and Dambai, who have some technical issues to be resolved,” GTEC said.
The statement signed by the Acting Director General, Professor Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai noted that GTEC said it will soon communicate a decision on August salaries for CETAG members.
This will be based on directives from the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum.
Regarding the call to close down the schools, the Commission said it has not received any directives, and as such, the schools should remain open.
On June 14, teachers in various colleges of education laid down their tools, demanding better working conditions and remuneration packages.
This action was a response to the government’s delay in implementing the National Labour Commission’s (NLC) Arbitral Award Orders and negotiated service conditions.
Below is the full statement
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