{"id":16479,"date":"2024-02-12T21:16:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T21:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16479"},"modified":"2024-02-12T21:16:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T21:16:06","slug":"headteachers-choose-not-to-participate-in-teachers-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/headteachers-choose-not-to-participate-in-teachers-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Headteachers Choose Not to Participate in Teachers&#8217; Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Radha Motielall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the strike organized by the Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) enters its third day, some headteachers have opted to remain on the job, prioritizing the education of their students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among them are Sheikh Ahmad, Headmaster of Essequibo Islands Secondary School, and Shandrina Welcome-Lee, Headmistress of The Bishops\u2019 High School, who shared their reasons for their decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheikh Ahmad, speaking to NCN, emphasized his family&#8217;s legacy of not participating in strike actions, citing his father&#8217;s position as a former headmaster and GTU president. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, Shandrina Welcome-Lee expressed her commitment to her principles, stating that she cannot walk away from her students after 26 years in her career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Radha-Teacher-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahmad highlighted his assessment of the GTU leadership&#8217;s credibility as another reason for not joining the strike, questioning the union&#8217;s utilization of funds from 2020 to 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both headteachers emphasized that while participating in the strike is a personal choice, their students&#8217; welfare remains paramount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also noted that the dialogue between the union and the ministry did not break down entirely, suggesting that pulling teachers out of school might not have been necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Radha-Teacher-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They expressed the view that the GTU&#8217;s approach to addressing issues needs reevaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strike initiated by the GTU began on Monday, with the government asserting that it has fulfilled 60 percent of the agreements and deeming the strike illegal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Radha Motielall As the strike organized by the Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) enters its third day, some headteachers have opted to remain on the job, prioritizing the education of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16483,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16479\/revisions\/16483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}