The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) is currently seeking financial clearance from the Ministry of Education to recruit 2,500 teaching staff.
The recruitment is geared towards alleviating the current academic workload and ensuring that academic activities resume promptly.
This was contained in a press release signed by the Acting Director General of GTEC, Prof Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai on Friday, August 16, 2024.
GTEC in the statement assured that once the clearance is granted, it will swiftly communicate the recruitment process to ensure the timely deployment of the new staff.
“The Commission is in serious talks with the Honourable Minister of Education for financial clearance to be granted to GTEC to recruit some two thousand five hundred (2500) teaching staff to augment the current load for academic work to commence as quickly as possible while we work with CETAG to resolve their concerns.
“GTEC will communicate to you the modalities with which this urgent staff recruitment will be expedited as soon as the clearance is provided,” the statement read.
Also, the Commission revealed that it has paid top-up of the research allowance for 44 of the 46 Colleges of Education, except for McCoy and Dambai, which have some technical issues to be resolved.
“Also, the Commission said it has migrated 20 institutions and hopes to complete all 46 before the end of the month.”
“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.
CETAG initiated a nationwide strike on June 14, citing the government’s failure to implement agreed-upon arbitral awards and other conditions of service for its members.
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Background
CETAG declared an indefinite strike on Friday, June 14, 2024, due to the government’s delay in implementing the National Labour Commission’s (NLC) Arbitral Award Orders and negotiated service conditions.
Despite an order by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) and the National Labour Commission(NLC) to call off the strike, CETAG remains resolute, insisting that their grievances be addressed.
The ongoing strike has halted all academic and administrative activities, leaving the future of the academic calendar uncertain.
Meanwhile, GTEC has instructed all Colleges of Education nationwide to remain open while awaiting a final decision on the strike by the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG).
