{
  "id": 14019879,
  "title": "Education Minister urges public universities to prepare for reopening amid GAUA strike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/education-minister-urges-public-universities-to-prepare-for-reopening",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T18:02:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/education-minister-urges-public-universities-to-prepare-for-reopening-amid-gaua-strike/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ghana's Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, has urged public universities to prepare for reopening as the ongoing strike by the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) is expected to be resolved soon. The Ministry is working with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to ensure that universities communicate their reopening dates by the weekend, targeting a restart of academic work on Monday, October 12, 2026. The strike has led to postponements of reopening dates by the University of Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Iddrisu emphasized the importance of preserving the current academic calendar, describing it as the best in five years, and appealed to GAUA's leadership to consider the impact of the strike on students in their decision-making process. The dispute centers on differences in the Interim Market Premium (IMP) paid to senior staff, with GAUA arguing that their premium has not been updated since 2012, despite increases in other areas.",
  "summary": "Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has asked the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to direct public universities to communicate their reopening dates by the weekend as government works to resolve the ongoing strike by the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA). He said he was hopeful that the industrial action would be suspended within days to […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}