00:00The Uyghur president sought to make it clear that the intention is not to target the students,
00:07but to get what is rightfully due.
00:10The lecturers have been withholding students' grades in an effort to get government to pay
00:15up.
00:16Dr. Rampersad says they refuse to be ignored.
00:19And this action is only the beginning.
00:21DR.
00:22JANUARY JOLT, Uyghur Presidential Candidate, India
00:23So, we have launched January Jolt this month.
00:25It's January Jolt.
00:27Next week is a red revolution.
00:29We will be protesting.
00:30A week after that, we are going to have a week of rest and reflection.
00:34We're in white.
00:35And a week after that, it's going to be black.
00:38If it's not settled, the entire semester may come grind to a halt.
00:43Dr. Rampersad says they are rejecting any notion of a lack of or limited financial resources.
00:51She tells TV6 they will not relent in their mission to get a fair compensation.
00:56The question of that there is no money doesn't fly anymore, because we see a prime minister
01:01getting 47 percent, and we have seen enormous increases for public officials in the realm
01:07of $10,000, $12,000 a month.
01:10So I don't think you can now come and tell the population, well, I don't have money for
01:14you, but I have for me or for us.
01:17She notes that Minister Stuart Young has said that he intends to revisit the curriculum
01:23when he becomes prime minister.
01:24We hope the new prime minister, and we hope this is before, because he's now planning,
01:29is going to take this issue.
01:31You talked about curriculum reform.
01:33Yes.
01:34And I suppose he was referring to primary and secondary.
01:37At a university, we determine, you know, we have our bodies that, you know, passes all
01:43our, approve all our curriculum.
01:45But they really have to look at compensating educators adequately for them to stay in the
01:51system.
01:52So in the primary and secondary school system, you have all these disciplinary problems.
01:55At the university, we are a preeminent tertiary institution in the region.
02:00She warns that several educators are leaving the country for more lucrative opportunities
02:06abroad.
02:08Nicole M. Romney, TV6 News.
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