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Jul 15, 2015 News
— move premised on alleged “breached” appointment process
A release of the 2015 teachers’ promotion list at both board and non-board schools is likely to be delayed this year.
This state of affairs is premised on the fact that the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), based on concerns about the promotion process filed for, and obtained, an injunction preventing the TSC and the Minister of Education respectively, from releasing final lists for the appointments of Principal, Deputy Principal and Heads of Departments.
The appointments in question were slated to become effective at the start of the new school year.
The GTU, through its lawyer Roysdale Forde, filed the motion on July 10 in the High Court and an injunction was on Monday granted by Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang, who has ordered the TSC and the Minister of Education, respectively, to assess all applications for the 2015 promotions.
They are expected to show cause why the appointments should not be deemed “unlawful, ultra vires, irrational, unreasonable, wholly in excess of jurisdiction, unreasonable, null, void and of no legal effect.”
Justice Chang has adjourned the matter to July 31 at 13:00 hours.
The promotion of teachers, this publication understands, was slated to be released this week.
A reliable source told this publication that the GTU’s move to halt the release of the list was premised on the TSC’s deviation from written rules and regulations that govern the promotion of teachers in the public education system.
A source close to the GTU confirmed this development yesterday and intimated that the decision to file the injunction followed a general council meeting which recommended that action be engaged to prevent the TSC from releasing a questionable final list for the promotion of the senior teachers.
According to the official, while the rules clearly outline that teachers should be promoted based on a point system, information suggests that this was not adhered to for the promotion of some teachers.
The resulting state of affairs was that although some teachers might have scored the highest possible points, they were refused promotion, because of reports from regional officers or head teachers that they needed more supervision.
Moreover, a person with fewer points was instead promoted.
“We feel that the process has been breached, so that was one of the issues that was brought up and deliberated on at general council,” said the official, who revealed that the GTU was reportedly apprised of the infraction by its nominee who sits on the TSC.
The nominee had reportedly divulged that on several occasions teachers were promoted, even though they were seconded from a school to the Department of Education.
“They applied and got promoted over somebody in the school system,” said the official, who pointed out that “the rules clearly states that a person can only be promoted if the term or the period of their secondment has ended.”
The concern about the teachers’ appointment comes at a time when the GTU is also calling for the abolishment of school boards.
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