The Council of State is set to engage the leadership of teacher unions as efforts intensify to resolve the issues that have kept pre-tertiary teachers away from the classroom.
The Council has invited representatives of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Pre-Tertiary Education Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG) to a meeting on Friday, October 9.
The engagement comes as negotiations between the government and the unions continue without a final agreement.
The three unions have maintained their nationwide strike over concerns including outstanding promotion-related arrears, delays in concluding a new collective agreement and the implementation of a deprived-area allowance for teachers working in underserved communities.
A meeting between the unions and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission on October 6 ended without an agreement, with both sides agreeing to continue discussions. The unions subsequently maintained that teachers would remain on strike until concrete progress is made.
Government has previously announced measures to address some of the grievances, including plans to process outstanding salary placements for promoted teachers and introduce a 20 per cent deprived-area allowance from January 2027, subject to validation of the relevant data.
However, the unions have demanded evidence of implementation rather than further assurances.
