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  • 1 year ago
Amid concerns voiced by education stakeholders that a number of schools across the country will reopen in September to a shortage of teachers, Education Minister Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly is confirming close to 80 teaching vacancies in government primary schools, which will not be substantively filled in time for the start of the new academic year. This, after teacher-interviews were compromised, resulting in all interviews having to be redone. Rynessa Cutting reports.

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00:00The Education Minister is confirming that a leak of interview questions has
00:05resulted in all interviews for primary school teachers having to be redone
00:09which means that close to 80 primary school teaching vacancies will not be
00:14filled come the start of the new school year. At this time there are 78 vacancies
00:20for primary school teachers in government primary schools. These are the
00:26interviews that were being done. What happened which was unprecedented is that
00:32while the ministry would have been conducting the interviews over 600
00:37interviews they were planned and scheduled and they were being completed
00:40as scheduled however there was a leak of interview questions on social media and
00:45that led to a decision of the TSC to redo the process. It should be noted that
00:51the ministry was almost at the end of the process of interviews however this
00:56compromise would have led the TSC to make that decision. The rescheduled
01:01interviews will now conclude in September but the minister is giving an
01:04assurance that the delivery of education will not be disrupted. The TSC has
01:10committed to having the order of merit list available by the 20th of September
01:15and therefore the schools are required to manage during that time and so the
01:21ministry will determine which schools will require the use of substitute
01:25teachers and we will work with those schools to be able to assign such
01:30teachers so that classes will be manned. In some cases where schools may not
01:36require this based on internal arrangements that can be made then the
01:40principals will indicate such to the ministry officials. But Tuta is voicing
01:44concern about the situation. President Martin Lumpkin says as it stands the
01:50administration of many schools is already compromised due to the teacher
01:55shortage and he warns this will only worsen the situation.
02:25Tutor says it hopes that the ministry simultaneously addresses the issues at
02:39the denominational schools as well as outstanding promotions.
02:44Renessa Cutting, TV6 News
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