The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has raised objections to the NDC’s John Dramani Mahama’s pledge to pay academic facility user fees for all level 100 students if elected into power. With over forty-five thousand eligible students unable to gain university admission each year, primarily due to financial constraints, the NDC aims to boost […]
The first-ever codified conditions of service that will govern the welfare system and pay structure of public universities in the country has been completed. The codified document was signed last weekend in Koforidua between the government, represented by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and the Vice-Chancellors Ghana […]
A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG), Dr. Kwame Asah Asante has called on the National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah to come out with details of alleged coup mongers and those he claims are promoting coup d’état in Ghana. The National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah at a disinformation conference in Accra […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has suspended the strike action indefinitely. In a statement dated March 8, 2022, jointly signed by the President of UTAG, Prof Solomon Nunoo and National Secretary, Dr Asare Asante-Annor, members of UTAG were urged to “demonstrate good faith by returning to the lecture halls to teach.” “We call on the […]
The University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) has resolved to suspend its industrial action temporarily. This followed an emergency meeting by UTAG’s National Executive Committee on Monday to evaluate their ongoing strike. Prior to this, meetings held between the leadership of UTAG, Parliament’s Education Committee, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, the Education Minister and […]
The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has put an injunction on the strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). The court, presided over by Justice Frank Aboadwe Rockson, on Tuesday afternoon [February 15, 2022] halted the strike which is currently in its fifth week. The order followed an application for interlocutory […]
The Accra High Court has directed the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and government to engage in further negations to resolve the strike by UTAG which has crippled public universities. The National Labour Commission (NLC) had filed an application for the court to order members of UTAG to return to the lecture theatres while […]
The government has described the demands and the posture of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) as unfair to students and parents. It emphasised that on June 16, last year, the government and UTAG signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) satisfactorily resolving issues relating to the conditions of service (CoS) of university teachers, and […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said it is ready to negotiate, but the posturing of the employer is not welcoming. The President of UTAG, Professor Solomon Nunoo said even though the university teachers had heard the calls to return to the lecture theatres, there were no concrete milestones on the table towards […]
Students in public universities have called on the government to address the concerns of lecturers to enable them to return to the lecture rooms. That, they said, would prevent the academic calendar from being disrupted. They made the call in separate interviews with the Daily Graphic yesterday as the strike declared by the University Teachers […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has agreed to suspend its strike following an emergency meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) and Employment and Labour Relations Ministry. This is contained in a memorandum of agreement between government and the Teachers Association. In conjunction with the National Labour Commission, the Ministry of Employment and […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has strongly backed calls for the resignation of the Vice Chancellor of the University for Education Winneba, Rev. Fr. Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni to resign with immediate effect. UTAG President, Dr. Eric Opoku Mensah said the Association has come to a firm conclusion that the best way to restore […]
