The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and Pre-Tertiary Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG) have declared an immediate nationwide strike over unresolved concerns relating to conditions of service, promotion and deprived-area allowances.
The unions announced the decision at a press briefing in Accra on Friday, September 25, 2026, directing all pre-tertiary teachers to withdraw their services until further notice.
President of PRETAG, King Ali Awudu, said the unions’ conditions of service expired in June, with efforts to negotiate a new agreement since last year yielding no results.
“You will recall that we have once engaged the media and informed you that our conditions of service have expired since June. All efforts to get a new one negotiated since last year have yielded no fruits,” he said.
The unions also expressed dissatisfaction with a proposed 10% increase in the digital allowance, which currently stands at GH¢800 per year.
Mr Awudu said an agreement to automatically place about 80,000 teachers who sat for aptitude tests in December 2025 and February 2026 on the appropriate salary scale had also not been implemented, despite September salaries already being processed.
He said the deprived-area allowance was another outstanding issue, noting that discussions on the matter had been ongoing since 2009. According to Mr Awudu, a commitment to introduce a 20% allowance for teachers working in deprived areas has yet to be implemented. He said the failure to resolve the outstanding concerns had left the unions with no option but to direct their members to withdraw their services.
“We are asking all teachers that with immediate effect, as soon as this information goes out, they should put all their tools down, leave the classroom, go home and have a very good rest and wait until they hear from leadership again,” he said.
The strike is expected to affect teaching and learning across pre-tertiary schools nationwide as the unions await further engagement with the government.
