The Council of State has invited the leadership of the Pre-Tertiary Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG) to a meeting over the ongoing nationwide teachers’ strike.
The invitation is contained in a letter dated Thursday, October 8, 2026, and signed by the Acting Executive Secretary, Ahmed Imoro, on behalf of the Chairman of the Economic and Social Development Committee of the Council, Drolor Bosso Adamtey.
The meeting is scheduled for today, Friday, October 9, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at the Conference Room of the Council’s Secretariat at State House, Accra.
According to the letter, the meeting is to brief members of the Council on “the concerns raised by your union in connection with the ongoing labour dispute.”
It says the engagement “will provide an opportunity for deliberations on issues relating to Promotions, Deprived Area Allowances, and your Collective Bargaining Agreement as being discussed between your good self and the Ministry of Education.”
The intervention comes two weeks after the three pre-tertiary teacher unions – Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and PRETAG – declared a nationwide strike effective September 25, 2026.
The unions are demanding three main things: automatic placement of two cohorts of teachers who passed promotion examinations in December 2025 and February 2026 onto their appropriate salary scales with arrears effective January 2026, implementation of the 20% Deprived Area Allowance under Section 17(2) of the 2024 Collective Agreement, and conclusion of negotiations on a new Collective Agreement which expired in June 2026.
A meeting with the Ministry of Education on September 28, 2026, ended in deadlock after the Ministry failed to provide firm commitments and timelines, prompting regional chapters in Greater Accra, Central and Upper East to reaffirm that the strike was still in force and directed members to stay home.
PRETAG President Adokwei Ayikwei Awulley has accused government of treating the concerns like “football”, saying “we throw it here, and then we throw it here. And it is always a topic when the Minister or His Excellency the President mentions it. But at the end of the day we don’t see the way forward.”
The strike has disrupted teaching and learning in public basic and second cycle schools across the country.
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