CETAG in a statement released on Wednesday January 5th 2022 has announced its intention to withdraw its services across all the 46 public Colleges of Education in the country effective 6th January 2022, over unpaid arrears.
In an emergency National Council meeting of the Colleges of Education Teachers’ Association of Ghana (CETAG) on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, the National Council unanimously agreed to embark on an indefinite strike across all forty-six (46) Ghanaian public Colleges of Education effective Thursday, January 6, 2022.
According to the release The indefinite industrial action is based on the following reasons.
1 Failure by the Government to implement the 2017-2020 Conditions of Service as agreed.
2. CETAG and Goverment signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on September 24, 2021, after reaching agreements on 2017-2020 Conditions of Service (CoS) for members of the Association.
3. The said (MoU) states the effective date of implementation as January 1, 2021, while payment of associated arrears of nine (9) months was to be paid in October, November and December 2021.
CETAG said that by the release therefore, the Association’s National Council has resolved to follow through with its decision to withdraw TEACHING, one of its main duties, as stipulated in the Harmonized Conditions for Colleges of Education effective Thursday, January 6, 2022.
“The National Council would like to use this opportunity to entreat all CETAG members to comply with this directive until further notice”. The association concluded.
CETAG in December 2021 threatened to strike in 2022. But, the Minister for Education and Bosomtwe Member of Parliament, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has said the Ministry of Finance (MoF) is working tirelessly to settle the arrears owed the 46 government Colleges of Education teachers.
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