Minority welcomes suspension of teachers’ strike, demands timely payment of promotion arrears

The Minority argued that the strike could have been prevented if the government had implemented previously agreed conditions of service, including the placement of promoted teachers on their new salary grades, payment of the 20 per cent Deprived Area Allowance and negotiations towards a new collective agreement.

The suspension of the strike follows engagements between the government and the unions over delayed promotions, allowances and negotiations on a new collective agreement.

Other demands include digitising the promotion-to-payroll process, briefing Parliament’s Education Committee on progress, agreeing on a firm timeline for a new collective agreement, and developing a learning recovery plan for BECE and WASSCE candidates and pupils in deprived communities.