The best practices to ensure safety during teaching is the biggest concern of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Education Minister Priya Manickchand believes following a recent engagement ahead of tomorrow’s reopening of public schools.
As agreed in October, the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the GTU have started having monthly meetings to discuss ways to improve the education system nationwide. On Thursday the GTU and MOE held a virtual meeting, where they discussed the situation faced by teachers as they have been periodically heading out to schools prior to the Ministry’s involvement in this action.
Manickchand told this newspaper that during the last meeting, the Ministry and GTU further discussed the safety of teachers. “The union has been very clear to us, they are not against the reopening of the schools. They just want to make sure it’s done in a safe way.” She said.
