TEWU reps on Public Universities’ governing councils suspended

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, has directed all Vice Chancellors of public universities to halt the nomination of Tertiary Education Workers’ Union (TEWU) representatives to their governing councils until further notice.

This directive was contained in a statement signed by GTEC’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Jerry Sarfo.

The move follows an ongoing leadership dispute between two factions of the union: the Tertiary Education Workers’ Union (TEWU-GH) and the Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union under the Trades Union Congress (TEWU-TUC).

GTEC is currently engaging both parties to resolve the impasse and has scheduled a meeting for May 16, 2025.

As a result of the directive, all TEWU members who have already been sworn in as representatives on the governing councils of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), University of Education, Winneba (UEW), University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS), University for Development Studies (UDS), and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are now considered suspended from their roles.

Meanwhile, the Commission expressed optimism for a swift resolution and urged all stakeholders to cooperate during the suspension period.