As the reopening date for school nears, President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Colwyn King,Cheap Jerseys From China, says that strategies are being streamlined to improve the operation of the education system.According to him, officials of the union and the Education Ministry have been meeting to discuss the status of the sector with regards to some crucial aspects.At the most recent meeting, King said that among the areas of consensus that was met was the need for proper documentation of applications by teachers to certain positions, as well as the qualifications of those applying.He related that it has been observed that while there has been no apprehension concerning those who are already in the system, there has not been a clear system of how persons are employed.The GTU president disclosed that having clarity in employment is tantamount to having a proper system which could yield much success.Currently this situation is being discussed as it relates to tertiary institutions such as the technical institutions countrywide and the Carnegie School of Home Economics, King disclosed.Additionally, the issue of retired teachers being appointed has also come up for discussion as did the alleged breach of agreement which the union had accused the Ministry of, the GTU President divulged.That breach, was caused, according to King,Cheap China Jerseys, when the Ministry failed to involve the union when it requested of the Teaching Service Commission to discipline some teachers.He said that while follow-up meetings are necessary to concretise some agreements that were reached,Jose Calderon Jersey, he believes that the Ministry will be playing a pivotal role in making the lives of teachers a little easier.The GTU President had earlier this year voiced immense concern at the mode of ‘not involving the union’ engaged by the Ministry after it investigated and found that some teachers were guilty of misconduct.King in an earlier interview with this newspaper had said that if the current course of action which was engaged by the Ministry was not rectified forthwith,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, the possibility of a strike or other forms of industrial or even legal action may become necessary.King had, however, pointed out that since it was recognised that the education sector is in a fragile state, strike action would be a last resort even after efforts are made to take the matter to the level of the President of Guyana.King’s vocalisations were, however, seen as a matter of concern by Education Minister,NFL Fans Shop, Shaik Baksh.Minister Baksh had in an invited comment said that the argument by the union that an agreement was breached will be quite a task to prove.According to him, it was only following investigations into the matters that the Ministry had recommended that the harshest of sanctions be imposed against the teachers.To this end it was recommended that the Teaching Service Commission, which is tasked with hiring and firing teachers, dismiss all teachers that were found guilty of misconduct.Minister Baksh revealed that it was also recommended that disciplinary action be instituted against head teachers who were found guilty of negligence and allowed the transgressions to persist.And indeed the measures were imposed on most of the teachers, much to the objection of the President of the GTU.He had related that since the union has a right to represent all teachers within its membership, he had written to the Ministry to rethink its recommendation.King revealed that it was some years ago that the union and the Ministry had brokered an agreement which stipulated that teachers cannot simply be dismissed without a hearing and that a representative of the union must be present; an agreement he claimed was breached when actions were instituted against the teachers.But according to Minister Baksh, following the disciplinary actions against the teachers he had requested that King forward a copy of the agreement to him,Cheap Jerseys, a request which he noted is yet to be honoured.And so it was on this basis that officials of the two entities have been meeting with a view of ensuring that there is no uncertainty as it relates to the Education Ministry operators and the level of collaboration that is essential for the sector to operate at an optimum, King divulged.