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The National Association of Teachers of Ghana (GNAT) said that the decision by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to put aside teacher unions during discussions on the The organization of vacation courses for upper secondary students is a flagrant violation of the collective agreement. which set out the conditions of employment concerning, in particular, wages, salaries, hours of work.
Therefore, he warned that "any unilateral attempt by the GES to deliberately ignore teachers' unions in the discussion of additional courses and its pay during the August holidays would not leave us the choice to undertake actions the industrial peace necessary for teaching and learning to succeed ".
"We were shocked and concerned by the deliberate attempt of the GES not to recognize and appreciate the importance of social dialogue, cooperation, trust, respect, good faith and the need to preserve these rights. virtues in their policies and management standards. as provided for in the collective agreement between the GHG teacher unions, on the one hand, and the GHG, on the other, "he said.
Opportunity
Mr. Kwamena Ahenakwa-Quarshie, Head of GNAT Salaries and General Conditions of Service, warned last Friday at the closing ceremony of the ongoing program of the 57th GNAT and the Canadian Teachers' Federation. and teachers (CTO) in Cape Coast in the Central Region.
According to him, the attention of GNAT had been drawn to a letter with ref. N ° GES / D6 / 245/19/194 of July 5th, 2019, with the legend Extra Clbades for Schools in Schools in Vacation Vacation, presumed to have been created by the general director of GES, the Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa.
This, he added, follows a request from the different schools in the regions to be able to organize additional courses for two students during the current vacations, from August 19, 2019, when teachers are supposed to have their vacation.
Mr. Ahenakwa-Quarshie reminded the GES that all issues related to the conditions of employment of teaching staff would be dealt with by the Standing Negotiating Committee composed of representatives of GNAT, the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT). ), teachers and education workers. TEWU and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana (CCT) -Gh on the one hand and the management of the GHG on the other, subject to sections 3 and 29 of the Fair Wages Act 2007 and the Commission (Act No. 737) and section 102 of the Labor Act 2003 (Act 651).
Appreciation
GNAT, he said, praised the government's efforts to pay teachers' salary arrears since 2012. However, he said that few of his members had yet to pay their arrears. wages.
"It is also instructive to note that the policy that led to the accumulation of arrears has almost been abandoned.
It is on the basis of this evolution that GNAT is calling on stakeholders to recommit to resolving the issues in order to allow the government to release funds for the payment of all salary arrears by the end of August 2019. .
"Another project that has implications for teachers' aspirations and well-being is the Human Resources Management Information System (HRMIS) implemented by the Public Utilities Board (PSC) as part of the reform. public sector, "he said.
Mr. Ahenakwa-Quarshie stated that, to the extent that GNAT was in agreement on the national importance of the project, the project designers did not take into account the particularities of the GHG before the migration. service in the system.
Example
For example, he said in the public service: "If an accountant retires, he is recruited to replace him.
But in the GES, it does not work that way.
If an badistant director retires and teaches, say, mathematics, he can be replaced by a deputy director or badistant director II who teaches mathematics.
If a Clbad 5 teacher who is principal is retiring, we can replace him with a teacher of any rank and the work continues.
In fact, in the GES, when you are promoted, your work does not necessarily change, especially if you do the basic work as a teacher.
He said this was the hard reality facing the GES, creating delays for those promoted to be placed in the correct grades.
In the light of the above, Mr. Ahenakwa-Quarshie stated that GNAT would like to request the Government to suspend the implementation of the project for the GES and to ask the project coordinator to take the measures that are required in holding consultations with stakeholders, including teachers' unions. design.
"If, at the end of August 2019, these problems are not solved and the promoted people get the right grades, we will have reasons to do our best to make the harmonious industrial climate that now prevails ungovernable ", did he declare. .
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