PNCR throws support behind Acting Chief Education Officer

Sep 12, 2009 News

The current acting Chief Education Officer, Genevieve Whyte-Nedd, is now receiving support from the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) which joins sections of the Trade Union Movement in a bid to have her appointed substantively as Chief Education Officer.
This was disclosed by Shadow Education Minister Amna Ally yesterday during the party’s weekly press briefing at its Headquarters, Congress Place, Sophia.
According to Ally, the party was of the opinion that the issue is of a political nature and, “an act of discrimination which forces her (Whyte-Nedd) to likely retire in her present position next year, and will force her to lose financially.”
Ally made a plea to the current administration, specifically the Minister of Education Shaik Baksh, “to let justice prevail by ensuring the appointment of Whyte-Nedd as Chief Education Officer… This will bring an honourable end to this matter and reassure the professionals in the Ministry that there is still space for them to act as the guardians of the nation’s education system.”
She reported that the matter had been raised in the National Assembly in December 2008 and again during the 2009 Budget debate. According to Ally, Baksh at that time had stated it was a matter for the Public Service Ministry and Commission to appoint Whyte-Nedd.
Ally told media operatives that, “Apart from her outstanding qualifications, Whyte-Nedd has also acted as Chief Education Officer on three occasions between the period 2000 and 2004 and continued acting in that position when it became vacant in 2005.
The Shadow Education Minister also stated that a formal application was made by Whyte-Nedd for the position, in conjunction with interventions that were also made on behalf of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) as well as the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), unsuccessfully.
In an illustration of her qualification for the position, Ally pointed out that Whyte-Nedd boasts a bachelor’s degree and masters degree in education, a certificate in management and supervisory practices and a grade one trained teacher’s certificate, “she also held positions of district education supervisor, regional educational officer and assistant Chief Education Officer.”
As such she posited that the reason offered by Baksh, for her non-appointment, is, at best, spurious, “This cannot pass muster…Every Guyanese knows that if the People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration wanted the appointment, it would have been done…. For the PSC, like a number of public institutions, is under the thumb of the PPP/C.”
Recently, the Guyana Trades Union Congress, led by its President Gillian Burton, has been leading several picketing activities in a bid to have Whtye-Nedd confirmed in her position as Chief Education Officer.
“We will not let up until all public servants who have not been appointed are appointed… We don’t expect to get the results overnight, but we will see that we get the results.”

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