Today is World Teachers’ Day, which is being observed under the theme of “Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status,” but the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) General Secretary Coretta McDonald is questioning whether local educators are indeed valued and if there is a real commitment to improving their livelihoods.
“We talk a lot about the children but we don’t focus on the people who are guiding the children, except in cases where we want to discipline them and bring them down. You can’t say that you value teachers and want to improve their status, yet you place no value on their
