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The Ministry of Education has appealed to the leadership of the Technical University Teachers Association (TUTAG) to withdraw their strike and return to the classroom.

According to the ministry, the government is taking steps to address their issues and have them resolved permanently.

Speaking on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia program, Spokesperson for the Education Ministry, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, revealed that their several meetings with the leadership of TUTAG have been positive, and are therefore surprised at their blatant act of defiance.

"There are certain challenges which they are aware of, the government is rectifying some lecturers who do not have the required certificate to lecture in these Technical Universities which they leadership of TUTAG is aware.

"These processes take time so we have appealed to them to return to the classroom to avert the schools from being closed down," he said.

A meeting between Technical Universities Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) and the government did not yield any positive result as the former declared “stalemate”.

The Fair Wages and Salary Commission said the stalemate was declared despite “long-drawn negotiations” involving “high powered government delegation” which lasted for almost 8 hours.

The teachers have been on strike for weeks making several demands from the government to enable them to enjoy the same benefits as colleagues in traditional universities. Some students have been demonstrating to get the government to respond to the demands of their teachers.

But the FWSC’s update to the media on Thursday said all government offers were rejected by TUTAG in the meeting.

“…TUTAG rejected govt’s offers and thus declared a stalemate," FWSC revealed.


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