{"id":18638,"date":"2024-04-16T13:47:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T13:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18638"},"modified":"2024-04-16T13:47:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T13:47:47","slug":"ppp-general-secretary-assures-better-salaries-for-teachers-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ppp-general-secretary-assures-better-salaries-for-teachers-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"PPP General Secretary Assures Better Salaries for Teachers in the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Samuel Sukhnandan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teachers in Guyana can expect improved salaries in the coming years, according to General Secretary of the PPP, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amidst plans by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) for potential strike action, Dr. Jagdeo emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to enhancing teachers&#8217; remuneration as the nation progresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo announced during a recent news conference that discussions for a multi-year agreement on salary increases for teachers will commence, starting from 2024 onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He acknowledged that addressing salary increases for previous years would pose financial challenges, indicating that the 2024 budget does not currently allocate funds for retroactive payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent talks between the Ministry of Education and the GTU ended without resolution, with the Ministry accusing the union of prematurely terminating negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the setback, the Ministry remains dedicated to engaging in dialogue with the GTU, aiming to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes for teachers, students, and the education sector as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Sukhnandan Teachers in Guyana can expect improved salaries in the coming years, according to General Secretary of the PPP, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo. Amidst plans by the Guyana Teachers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18638","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=18638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18640,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18638\/revisions\/18640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}