Credit: Kekeli K. Blamey
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) is under increasing scrutiny following allegations of non-compliance with directives issued by the National Labour Commission (NLC), sparking tensions within the country’s higher education sector.
The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has issued a strong warning that it will initiate an indefinite nationwide strike if GTEC fails to act on recommendations made by the NLC earlier this month.
The NLC had ordered GTEC to restore previously withdrawn or reduced allowances for university administrators, address disparities in the Single Spine Salary Structure, and rescind its recent directive affecting office-holding eligibility.
Despite the NLC’s ruling on June 9, GAUA claims that no substantive measures have been taken, raising concerns about institutional disregard for labor laws and procedural governance.
The association has set a June 30 deadline for compliance, cautioning that failure to act will lead to industrial action that could disrupt administrative operations across public universities.
Simultaneously, the Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has issued its own ultimatum, giving GTEC seven days to withdraw a directive requiring traditional public universities to install TEWU-TUC representatives onto their Governing Councils — a move TEWU-GH describes as administrative overreach.
With mounting dissatisfaction across university labor unions, education sector observers warn that GTEC’s continued defiance of regulatory directives could trigger widespread disruption in the country’s tertiary institutions unless swift and transparent action is taken.
