The Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF) has appealed to the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) to end its ongoing strike.
They are asking them to return to work by Wednesday, August 7, 2024, following the government’s agreement to implement their conditions of service.
Since June 14, CETAG members from all 46 Colleges of Education nationwide have been on strike, protesting the government’s initial refusal to implement their arbitral award and conditions of service.
However, an agreement has now been reached between the government and CETAG, prompting PRINCOF to urge the association to call off the strike.
In a statement dated Monday, August 5, 2024, PRINCOF noted that the government has begun implementing CETAG’s conditions, including the payment of the Book and Research Top-Up Allowance, processing of the All-Year-Round Allowance, and migration of staff to the universities’ salary structure.
PRINCOF emphasized that the ongoing strike would disrupt the academic calendar and urged CETAG to demonstrate its commitment to the signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) by returning to the classroom.
“While PRINCOF acknowledges and appreciates your members’ concerns on the delayed implementation of the arbitration awards by the National Labour Commission (NLC) on the migration of staff onto the university payroll structure, the payment of the All-Year-Round Allowance for 2022, and the Book and Research Top-Up Allowances, we are of the view that your return to the lecture rooms will pave the way for a speedy resolution of the issues.
“We are making this appeal based on the fact that CETAG and the Government signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, with a clear roadmap for the implementation of the NLC arbitrary awards which were the reasons for the CETAG strike.
“In the light of these concrete actions taken by the Government, we opine that these demonstrate its commitment to addressing your concerns. We are of the view that CETAG should equally demonstrate its commitment to the MoA that it signed and returned to the classroom. Your continuous stay on strike will further disrupt the academic calendar which can have repercussions for academic work.”
Click here to read the statement by PRINCOF
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