University Teachers Association of Ghana

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is a professional association for university teachers in Ghana that helps in bargaining for the welfare of lecturers across all public universities in Ghana.^[1]

History

It was formed in 1964 to ycater for the needs and well-being of members. The body was formerly known as Ghana Association of University Teachers (GAUT), formed by the then expatriate senior members during the 1964/1965 academic year. It organized film shows, musical, dance and theatre performances to entertain members at weekends.^{[citation needed]}

In 1973, the name Ghana Association of University Teachers (GAUT) was changed to University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) by senior members namely R.G. Baeta, John Hyde and Yeboah Amankwah which was purposely to clarify and change the whole conception of the association.^[2]

Governing body

The spine of UTAG contains the president, vice president, national secretary and 15 national executives from each of the public universities.^[3] The current executives of the association are Associate Professor Solomon Nunoo, president: ric N. Wiah, vice president, Asare Asante-Annor, secretary and Akyene Tetteh, treasurer.^[4]

2022 strike

Main article: UTAG strike 2022

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) called on its members to engage in an indefinite strike on 10 January 2022.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]} The UTAG stated that this action is due to "worsening conditions of service" without sufficient response from the employer.^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]}

2024 Strike

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) again strike indefinitely on 10 October over illegal mining popularly known as galamsey.^[23][24]

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has asked its members to discontinue the ongoing strike on 29 October 2024. Therefore students are expected to begin classes on 1 November 2024.^{[25][26][27][28][29]}