{"id":19763,"date":"2024-05-20T16:15:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19763"},"modified":"2024-05-20T16:15:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:15:16","slug":"education-minister-urges-resolution-amidst-teacher-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/education-minister-urges-resolution-amidst-teacher-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Minister Urges Resolution Amidst Teacher Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amidst ongoing strike actions by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Education Minister Priya Manickchand has called for &#8220;good sense to prevail&#8221; to address the learning loss experienced by students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current impasse revolves around salary increases, with the GTU pressing for raises from 2019 to 2023, while the government is open to discussing salary adjustments from 2024 onwards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This deadlock has resulted in a renewed strike by the GTU and teachers, disrupting classroom learning across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address this issue, the Ministry of Education has sought intervention from the Ministry of Labour, leading to conciliatory talks between the ministry and the union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Manickchand expressed her belief that the union may be influenced by political factors, leading them astray. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She highlighted the government&#8217;s efforts in fulfilling most of the proposals put forward, underscoring the need for fair negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the GTU decided to resume strike actions following a month-long disruption in February, further exacerbating the challenges faced by students and educators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today marked the second day of conciliation talks between the GTU and the Education Ministry, aiming to determine the negotiation period for both parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the strike continues to impact educational activities, Minister Manickchand&#8217;s call for sensible resolution underscores the urgency of addressing the impasse to minimize further disruptions in the education sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Amidst ongoing strike actions by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Education Minister Priya Manickchand has called for &#8220;good sense to prevail&#8221; to address the learning loss experienced&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19763","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\/19763","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=19763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19765,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19763\/revisions\/19765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}