Education

The Ministry of Education Thursday night denied reaching agreement with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) earlier in the day about a multi-year period for pay negotiations. “The government maintains its original position that any multi-year agreement must start from the year 2024, not retroactively,” the Ministry of Education’s Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain said in a statement, dismissing earlier articles ...

Top officials of the Guyana Teachers’ Union and the Ministry of Education on Thursday ended fruitful talks, with the employer agreeing to consider proposed salary increases from 2019 to 2023. GTU President Dr Mark Lyte said the Union succeeded in getting the government side to backdown from its position that the multi-year agreement should begin from 2024. The GTU’s proposal ...

President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union. Dr Mark Lyte on Monday evening fended off sharp criticisms of his decision to sign a High court-mediated agreement for teachers to call off a 29-day strike to pave the way for collective bargaining for increased salaries and other issues. “To say that the union is using teachers is a real mischievous statement because ...

A one-month old strike will come to an end from Wednesday. March 6, 2024, paving the way for discussions on salaries and other issues to begin on Thursday. That is according to representatives from the government and the Guyana Teachers’ Union said after an entire day of court-ordered mediation. GTU President Dr Mark Lyte said the Terms of Resumption,  which ...

The President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mark Lyte on Sunday called on the nation’s Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain to prove that the bargaining agent and the Ministry of Education held talks on salaries by producing the agenda and minutes. “Let them produce minutes that are signed by both sides- the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ ...

The Ministry of Education’s Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain has denied persistent claims by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) that salaries were never discussed during months of bilateral talks between the two parties, prompting an almost one-month old teachers strike. Contrary to what the Applicant has alleged that teachers’ salaries were not the subject of discussions, at the verv meeting ...

The High Court-mandated mediation between the Guyana Teachers’ Union and the Guyana government ended its first day on Friday, with a commitment for the process to continue next Monday. Lawyer for the government side, Dharshan Ramdhani did not speak with the media after the afternoon session ended at 4:03 PM. Representing the GTU was Attorney-at-Law Darren Wade who declined to ...

Lawyers for the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education Friday afternoon emerged from more than two hours of High Court-appointed mediation saying they were hopeful about an end to the now 26-day old strike. The two sides are due to resume mediation at 2 PM Friday. GTU’s lawyer, Darren Wade said he and union representatives tabled a ...

The High Court on Friday sent a 25-day strike by teachers to mediation in the hope of getting the educators back to the classroom almost immediately. Justice Sandil Kissoon said Senior Counsel Edward Luckoo and Robin Stoby agreed to serve as mediators. They would start work by meeting representatives of the government and the Guyana Teachers’ Union at 9:30 am ...

Leaders of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ended their three-day summit in Guyana expressing concern over the decision by the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to send that financial institution’s President, Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon on leave to make way for an investigation. “On first blush, I think that the whole process is somewhat flawed and I’m ...