The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), have called off the three-week-old\u00a0strike they declared over the failure of government to pay salary arrears owed them since October 2016.<\/p>\n
The General Secretary of\u00a0CETAG,\u00a0Prince Obeng-Himah, confirmed to Citi News<\/strong> that the teachers would return to the classrooms following assurances from the government that the arrears would be paid to them by April 2018.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”tKBqAmtPKocKL3faPqZfeCGoGPZh03RP”]He said despite the fact that they had expected to be paid earlier than agreed date, the teachers were “satisfied” with the agreement, and would “definitely” return to work on Thursday.<\/p>\n The decision to call off the strike was made after the Association held a crunch meeting earlier today [Wednesday], to deliberate on their next line of action.<\/p>\n “After almost seven hours of closed-door discussions, we came to some agreements which we committed to paper yesterday [Tuesday]. Three national officers of CETAG signed and three Cabinet Ministers – the Employment and Labour Relations Minister, the Education Minister and a deputy Finance Minister – also signed for the government. The details of the agreement was that the salaries in question would be paid by government, specifically, in the first quarter [of 2018],” he said.<\/p>\n Gov\u2019t, CETAG negotiations on salary arrears initially\u00a0broke down<\/b><\/p>\n The teachers had declared the strike a few weeks ago, but had indicated that they were willing to call it off following government\u2019s intervention, and the commencement of discussions on the matter.<\/p>\n All 38 Colleges of Education across the country which were closed because of the strike, are expected to reopen tomorrow [Thursday], following the turn of events.<\/p>\n