{"id":17523,"date":"2024-03-30T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17523"},"modified":"2024-03-30T14:35:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:35:12","slug":"gtu-negotiates-salary-adjustment-amidst-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gtu-negotiates-salary-adjustment-amidst-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"GTU Negotiates Salary Adjustment Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tracy Liverpool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Negotiations between the Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education have resumed, with the GTU advocating for a salary adjustment for teachers amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, PPP General Secretary, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, has pointed out that the issue of salary adjustment dates back to the previous government&#8217;s tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a meeting held on Thursday, representatives from the Ministry of Education and the GTU discussed various matters of interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Tracy-Jagdeo-and-GTU-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry highlighted concerns such as teacher absenteeism, school performance, professional development, and syllabus completion, while the GTU focused on salary matters outlined in their multi-year proposal for 2019-2023, among other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a press conference, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo addressed the GTU&#8217;s request for a salary hike, noting that the union had sought a 20 percent increase during the pandemic period when teachers were not required to be in schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Tracy-Jagdeo-and-GTU-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdeo emphasized that adjustments to teachers&#8217; pay had been made during the previous government&#8217;s tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next meeting between the Ministry of Education and the GTU is scheduled for Tuesday, March 12, where further discussions are expected to take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Liverpool Negotiations between the Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education have resumed, with the GTU advocating for a salary adjustment for teachers amidst the challenges&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17523","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\/17523","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=17523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17527,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17523\/revisions\/17527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}