G.T.I staffers at wits end with administrations’ inefficiencies

Jan 30, 2011 News

Some staffers of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) say that they have reached saturation point with the current administration as they continue to point out some discrepancies in the day to day activities of the institution.
Recently this publication has been bombarded with complaints from staffers who said they are more than willing to be a part of any investigation which they feel the Ministry of Education should facilitate.
Some of the issues of which the staffers spoke include the filling of vacancies within the institution, delayed promotion and the inability of the administration to show accountability for finances among others.
This newspaper was told that currently under the stewardship of the current principal, filling vacancies within the organisation has become nerve-wracking for staff members. Reports out of the institution suggested that persons who are qualified for existing vacant posts are often overlooked. Thee vacancies are filled by persons who are considered “square pegs in round holes”.
Only recently a vacancy was advertised within the organisation. According to staffers, some applications were totally ignored while others were just processed and turned down for no apparent reason. In one instance this newspaper was told that a secretary who has never taught a class room was being considered for a lecturer post which was advertised.
“When persons take up the issue with the board, the board’s decision is compromised since the Principal is also a board member.”
In other instances when queries are made about vacancies staff members are told that the vacancy no longer exists. Some staffers feel that proper and sufficient representations are not being made at the Board level to address their issues.
Staffers are also of the opinion that the board does not know its role as it relates to making representation.
As it relates to promotion, staff members says that the process has now become a lengthy one or non-existent.
“You have people who have had several years of service, who have upgraded themselves and when they apply for a promotion it either takes a very long time or is not even considered.”
In addition, staffers feel that they are being victimised for being too out spoken as it relates to issues affecting them. In some instances staffers say that they are being signed in as absent even on days when they are at work.
The staffers claim that when they would have signed in their time upon arrival at work subsequent checks will show a red line through their times and absent across their names for no apparent reason. When queries are made about the changes in the time book these are often justified by the Principal. “We were looking for you but we couldn’t find you.”
This newspaper was told that in recent times a fund which was set up to facilitate students who are injured while doing practicals, has now become almost non-existent as well.
This newspaper was told that the fund in the past would facilitate treatment for injured students at a private medical facility. However, as it is now, if a student is injured that person is taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital at a cost to teachers.
The staffers at the institution are calling on the Ministry of Education to intervene before the situation gets further out of hand.

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