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Govt. appeals to University Teachers to call off strike

UTAG has declared an indefinite industrial action in protest against the non-payment of their 2014/2015 Book and Research allowance.

Education Minister, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang

Government has appealed to the striking University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to return to the classroom as it takes urgent steps to pay their Book and research allowance.

UTAG has declared an indefinite industrial action in protest against the non-payment of their 2014/2015 Book and Research allowance. According to the association, they have withdrawn all teaching services till government pays the full arrears.

But a statement issued by the Education Ministry, government said "The Ministry is always committed to finding lasting solutions to pertinent issues confronting teachers through the instituted quarterly meeting with Teacher Unions (in this case) UTAG and Polytechnics Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG)."

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The statement added:  "At the recent meeting held on June 1, 2015, the Ministry assured the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the Polytechnics Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) of its preparedness to pay the Book and Research Allowance for the 2014/2015 academic year. The Minister for Education has since requested the confirmation of rates for 2015 implementation, the Cedi to Dollar exchange rate from the Ministry of Finance as well as a request for the Auditor-General to audit the claims of the Institutions within the tertiary sector for the payment of the allowances.”

"The Ministry therefore, appeals to the Senior Members of the public Tertiary Institutions to call off the strike and exercise maximum restraint while urgent steps are being taken to ensure the payment of the allowances," the statement added.

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