Teacher trainees urge government to pass tertiary status Bill to avoid strike

The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has appealed to government to facilitate the passage of the bill that grants Colleges of Education a tertiary status to avoid a strike action by the CETAG.

The appeal was contained in a press release signed by the National Public Relation Officer of the Association, Mr Ellis Otabil and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Winneba, on Wednesday.

According to the association any strike action by the College of Education Tutors Association of Ghana (CETAG) would affect students who would be taking their semester examination from Monday, January 23, 2012.

“We engaged government on this subject, to do everything within its mandate to ensure that CETAG does not embark on its intended strike, which would affect the students”.

The release also appealed to the government to facilitate the payment of their two months salary arrears.

According to the release they were supposed to be paid three months arrears in December last year as directed by the government but only one month was paid.

The release said the Association was promised that the remaining two months arrears would be paid in January but to their dismay, it was not so.

“We want government to facilitate the payment of these arrears in question before February to avoid more complications in the February payments to members and the newly trained teachers”.

“The leadership of TTAG wish to call on all Teacher Trainees to exercise restrain, in assurance that government would heed to their call,” the statement concluded.

Source: GNA