{"id":164094,"date":"2024-03-21T13:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/21\/teachers-embark-on-nationwide-strike\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T13:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:55:09","slug":"teachers-embark-on-nationwide-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/21\/teachers-embark-on-nationwide-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers Embark On Nationwide Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THE GHANA pre-tertiary teacher unions, which comprises the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers of Ghana (CCT-GH), have announced a nationwide industrial action by their members with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>This action is to register their grievances over \u201cthe delays, unfulfilled promises on the part of the employer (government) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, (FWSC); and also threats from the rank and file of our members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The strike was announced at a press conference jointly addressed by Thomas T. Musah, General Secretary of GNAT; Eric Agbe-Carbonu, President of NAGRAT, and King Ali Awudu, President, CCT-GH, at the NAGRAT Headquarters in Accra yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, following the expiration of the Collective Agreement in 2023, government has failed to complete negotiation for a new agreement \u2013 something they claimed should \u201chave been completed on or before February 29, 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite having raised \u2018this concern\u2019 in a letter to the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), dated\u00a0 February 29, 2024, and also having informed the National Labour Commission (NLC), the issue still remains unresolved till date.<\/p>\n<p>The group also bemoaned the lack of \u2018a functional Scheme of Service for teachers\u2019 \u2013 a development they claim they have prompted the attention of the Director-General of the Service, and called for the development of \u201ca much cogent and appropriate one, which takes care of all requirements in the teaching profession, but all to no avail!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe inability of the government and the Service to complete the distribution of the laptops to all teachers,\u201d they added, was of great concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rampant changes of the school calendar without recourse to negotiation with the teacher unions, are affecting the smooth operation of the Service. Also, the blockage of teachers\u2019 salaries by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) without recourse to laid down procedures is a major worry,\u201d they stressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Nii Adjei Mensahfio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 THE GHANA pre-tertiary teacher unions, which comprises the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers of Ghana (CCT-GH), have announced a nationwide industrial action by their members with immediate effect. 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