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Ministry must acknowledge past nursery school teachers

Dec 04, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
The Ministry of Education celebrated forty years of Nursery Education – from September 1976 to September 2016. It was most disappointing to note, that most of the teachers who were stalwarts from the commencement of the programme, are currently alive and are still residing in Guyana; they were ostracized. No invitations were extended to those teachers to participate in that grand celebration.
In the early days of Nursery Education, Nursery Teachers were classified as dignified Garbage Collectors. Instructional materials were made manually from boxes thrown out by store-keepers. Ministry of Education did not hire cleaners to clean the schools; so teachers were also cleaners. Head teachers were not given grants by the ministry to purchase essential commodities to enhance the smooth running of the schools. Hence, teachers were ‘fund raisers’ and ‘official beggers’. Despite the many challenges faced by teachers at the commencement of the Nursery Programme, they worked beyond the call of duty.
It is an abomination that those who planned that special programme to celebrate ‘forty years’ of Nursery Education in Guyana, did not make any effort to involve teachers who were in the genesis of the Nursery Programme and allowed them to be a part of that auspicious celebration.
Brenda Alleyne
Linda Dainty
Ulis Jones
Sandra Joseph

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