Mahama meets teachers today

President John Mahama will meet all teacher unions and associations today, Monday March 25 toward ending their week-long strike.

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Coalition of Concerned Teachers and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) have been on strike since Monday March 18.

The meeting, which is scheduled for the Flagstaff House at 10am was called at the instance of the President.

The Unions and Associations have presented four major grievances for negotiations.

The grievances include: “(i) Non-negotiations of new proposals of the collective agreement for the teaching employees of the Ghana Education Service, (ii) Freeze on annual increments for the staff of GES since 2010, (iii) Non-payment of vehicle maintenance allowances for 2012 to date to GES staff who are qualified and (iv) Delays in resolving outstanding issues related to promotions”.

The groups met the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission as well as the Ghana Education Service last week after they were directed by the National Labour Commission to meet to trash out their impasse while the Teachers suspended the strike.