Govt'll honour agreement with teacher unions - Education Minister

The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, yesterday (Monday) gave a firm assurance that the government will honour its part of the agreement with the pre-tertiary teacher unions in the country.

Teachers The teacher unions -Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Pre-tertiary Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG), declared the strike over what they said was the government's failure to pay promotion related arrears, 20 per cent deprived areas allowance and address their expired conditions of service.

Promotion "We will ensure that by October 16, the promotion arrears and the new salary pay for those who have been accordingly promoted pursuant to the communique that was signed between the various teacher unions would be consummated in honour," Mr Iddrisu said yesterday when he ed the Osu Salem Presbyterian School in Accra to observe the return to school by pre-tertiary teachers who were, as of last Friday, October 9, 2026, on strike.