Responding to a recent claim by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) that eligible teachers have been waiting for years to receive agreed duty-free concessions, Education Minister Priya Manickchand has said a miscommunication is to blame and both the ministry and the union share responsibility for the situation.
Despite claiming that her ministry’s relationship with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) is “a good one,” Manickchand on Friday lashed out at recent comments made by the union and deemed its approach “extremely unhealthy.”
She expressed surprise at the GTU’s approach after President of the GTU Mark Lyte reportedly raised concerns over the union waiting for years for duty-free concessions at a press conference last week.
Some of the issues raised by the GTU, including the duty-free concessions for teachers and the debunching of salaries,