The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is expected to be back in court today with the National Labour Commission (NLC) for the third time.

The NLC has currently sued UTAG, urging the court to declare the strike illegal, but the court has asked both parties to try an out-of-court settlement on two occasions.

But on both occasions, UTAG says they have not received any concrete offer from government yet.

President of UTAG Legon Branch Dr Samuel Nkumban has said the Association will not call its strike off.

“Last year, we had to suspend our strike based on an MoE we signed with government. But unfortunately, they didn’t abide by that agreement.

“The option that is available to us is what is happening in court, and of course, the judge will be making a ruling, and then we’d pick it from there,” he told JoyNews.

Students have been left stranded on various campuses of public universities as there appears to be no end in sight for the industrial action by their lecturers.

UTAG wants government to restore their 2012 conditions of service, which pegged the monthly income of entry-level lecturers at $2,084.

The Association has complained that the current arrangement has reduced its members’ basic premiums to $997.84.