Education inquiry uncovers phantom teachers on payroll in Berbice River

Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the Education System Ed Caesar (left) submits the preliminary report to Minister of Education Rupert Roopnaraine, while the other members of the commission look on. (Photo by Keno George)

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the education system may have uncovered a case of fraud, as one Regional Education Department appears to be paying several phantom teachers.

When Minister of Education Rupert Roopnaraine received a copy of the preliminary report of the CoI yesterday, he was also told by CoI Chairman Ed Caesar that visits to schools in the Berbice River had turned up several “ghost teachers.”