The pre-tertiary teacher unions have suspended their two-week old industrial action.
They have, therefore, directed their members to return to the classrooms from Monday, October 12, this year.
The decision to call off the strike followed a concensus reached on their demands with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) yesterday.
Signing
Following the agreement, the parties appended their signatures to the agreements.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the FWSC, Dr George Smith-Graham, and the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Ernest Kofi Davies, signing on behalf of the government, while the General Secretary of Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah; President of National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Jacob Anaba, and the President of Pre-tertiary Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG), King Awudu Ali, signing for the various associations.
Earlier in the day, the unions held fruitful meetings with the Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment and the Council of State.
Suspension
Announcing the suspension of the strike, the General Secretary of GNAT, Thomas Musah, told the media that having gone to the FWSC to concluded matters the strike had been suspended.
"We suspend is today and we are by this asking all teachers to go to work effective Monday as we continue with the negotiations regarding the outstanding issues," he said.
For his part, Mr Anaba said the struggle was not over "we want to ensure that the teacher gets what is due him or her"
Mr Ali, for his part, said among other things that "what is happening today is not an end to the negotiations of the collective agreement".
Consensus
Following the meeting, Dr Smith-Graham said "As you can see, we've had a series of engagements with the teacher unions for a while now and today, we've been able to reach some consensus and some agreement and we want to announce it as follows:
“On the deprived area allowance, the government has agreed to come out with the modalities for implementation in January 2027”.
With regards to promotion, placement and arrears, he said, 51,000 teachers would be paid by October 16, this year and the rest by the end of the month.
On the complementary digital instruction support allowance, the FWSC CEO said negotiations had been concluded and shall be paid in November this year.
For continuous professional development allowance, he said "negotiations have been concluded and shall be paid in December 2026.
"The parties agree to continue negotiations on the outstanding issues," Dr Smith-Graham said.
Council of State
Earlier in the day, the Council of State said it had had a fruitful discussion with the unions.
Briefing the media after the meeting, the Chairman of the Council of State, Edward Doe Adjaho, said the discussions between the council and the union were fruitful.
"At the end of it all, I can assure you that we had a very fruitful discussion.
Members
Other members of the Council of State present included a former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Alhassan; a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Michael Samson Oje (retd); retired Supreme Court Judge and former Speaker of Parliament, Justice Vida Akoto-Bamfo; and Educator/Business Executive and traditional ruler, Nene Drolor Bosso Adamtey, who is also the Chairman of the Economic and Social Development Committee of the council.
Earlier, the unions had met the Minister of Labour, Jobs and Employment, Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum, with the aim of ensuring that the teachers return to the classrooms from Monday.
Issues
After the meeting, Mr Agyekum told journalists that the discussions had centred on the three issues that made the unions to declare the strike.
"I would say that we have had a fantastic discussion with the teacher unions.
The issues were to deal with their collective agreement, the other issue had to do with the deprived area allowance and the last one was to deal with promotions," he said.
He said a team had been put together, and for the past one week it had some very good results.
"As of Thursday, we had about 64,000 teachers that have been keyed in and confirmed by the Controller.
"So I think definitely we would have a positive results today from the unions," he said.
The three teachers unions have been on strike since September 25, this year.
