President Bharrat Jagdeo says he will swear in the new Teaching Service Commis-sion (TSC) shortly since Opposition Leader Robert Corbin had recently submitted his nominee.
Jagdeo, on Wednesday, told residents of Buxton that this commission, when appointed, will decide on the head teacher for the school in their community.
The President said the body will be composed of the majority of persons that were on the previous commission, after Corbin gave the go ahead.
“We had to consult with the Leader of the Opposition. He couldn’t come to the meeting but he was leaving the country and he called me and said he is okay because we are putting back the same group,” Jagdeo said. According to him, Corbin wants to replace his nominee on the commission. “He has given me a name; he’s given me Alan Munroe,” the President said.
On July 5, 2007 after a lapse of three years TSC officers Maydha Persaud, Olga Britton, Chandrawattie Lela Ramson, Anoopwattie Veeren, George Cave and Genevieve Whyte-Nedd were appointed and sworn-in before the President. In October of the following year, Conrad Kendall was appointed to the commission.
The commission has the power to appoint persons as teachers in the public service and to remove and to exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices shall vest in the TSC.
