The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of the Trade Union Congress (Ghana) has declared a nationwide indefinite strike effective Friday, September 19, 2025, citing the government’s failure to implement agreed conditions of service for non-teaching staff in the education sector.
Announcing the decision at a press briefing in Accra, King James Azortibah, General Secretary of TEWU, directed members across the Ghana Education Service (GES), public and technical universities, the Ghana Library Authority, and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board to stay away from work until further notice.
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He said the strike followed the government’s consistent neglect of their concerns despite exhausting all legal and procedural requirements under Ghana’s Labour Act. Key demands include the signing of Conditions of Service, inclusion of non-teaching staff in the Continuous Professional Development Allowance, resolution of promotion-related grievances, and urgent action by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to finalise pending agreements.
“We have exercised patience and restraint. We have followed due process and exhausted all legal requirements under the Labour Act of Ghana. The responsibility for the disruption of industrial peace in the education sector rests squarely with the government and its agencies,” Mr Azortibah stressed.
The strike is expected to severely disrupt administrative, security, library, and support services across schools and universities nationwide, raising fears of a wider impact on teaching and learning.
