The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Irwin LaRocque has urged the region’s teachers’ union to place emphasis on standards to meet demands for a competent workforce in the Community.
His call came as delegates of the 25-member Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) met in Guyana for the first time in 20 years, from August 5, for its 36th Biennial Conference, to strengthen the bonds of solidarity among teachers of the region.
At the conference’s ceremonial opening at the National Cultural Centre, Secretary-General LaRocque said,
