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The full conditions of their employment and other compensation benefits are what the members of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) are requesting from the government.
The organization has set a deadline of August 31, 2022, after which they will advise themselves if their requests are not realized.
On Monday, August 22, 2022, the National President, Mr. Prince Obeng-Himah, and the Acting General Secretary of CETAG, Mr. Thomas Ampomah, respectively, both signed a press release that contained the call.
The group stated in a statement, "The Association has observed with unease government's relaxed attitude in ensuring that tutors in the colleges of education are given full and better conditions of service to encourage them to give their best in the training of pre-tertiary teachers who, in turn, train the future leaders of the country."
Despite several conversations since August 2021, the government has not yet provided its members with complete terms of employment, claims CETAG, adding that this attitude is in violation of Article 24 (1) of Ghana's 1992 constitution.
"In conclusion, CETAG wishes to serve clear notice that if by August 31, 2022, the government has not provided us with our conditions of service, including our demand for an unconditional extension of the parallel rate of generic and research allowances paid to analogous tertiary institutions to the academic staff of the colleges of education and compensation package to tutors for the year-round academic work, all members of CETAG across the 46 public colleges of education will resign from their positions," the statement concluded.
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