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A teacher and politics

Sep 06, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
I am ashamed and totally angry at the selfishness of some political activists posing as teachers. It has come to my attention that a senior teacher attached to a West Coast Demerara secondary school receives preferential treatment due to her political affiliation to the present PPP/C administration. As the Ministry of Education moves to import Mathematics and Science teachers and our students continue to perform poorly in both subject areas, this particular Mathematics teacher is granted time off from school to attend to matters that are political in nature, at the expense of the students and taxpayers.
The students are left without a teacher while she receives her full salary as a teacher as well as benefits from her political portfolio as a RDC Councilor and the Head of an IMC in the area.
If one was to check on the amount of occasions that she has been absent from school it is evident that our children are being robbed. How can our children perform when their contact time is shortened? How can their weakness be identified and corrected? It should be noted that this teacher is trained graduate.  My child was in her Grade Eight class and could not understand her lessons and had to seek help from other Mathematics teacher. This particular teacher handles her classes on the corridor of the school and in the school yard without the aid of a blackboard. How can Mathematics be taught without demonstration?
I have no problem with individuals, more so teachers, getting involved in politics…it is their democratic right.
However, when one is a teacher, teaching should be the first priority. I wonder is this the kind of professionalism that Minister and Ministry of Education and the Government of Guyana encourage?
This kind of “professionalism” will contributes more to failures in Mathematics, more indiscipline in our classrooms and more disunity among our people.
CXC results are now available and our children have done badly once again. How can the children of Guyana improve academically when we encourage and condone poor attitudes in this profession?
The Ministry of Education should root out these instances wherever it exists if they are truly concerned about our students’ performance.
William Tell

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