Unpaid teachers to get outstanding salaries 

The Ministry of Education has ordered that action be taken to ensure that temporary teachers who have not received their salaries get them by Tuesday.

Chief Education Officer Dr Ramona Archer-Bradshaw confirmed on Monday that several unappointed teachers had not received their money, but she explained the ministry was taking steps to rectify the situation.

“The ministry has instructed the affected schools to undertake urgent processing of payments to ensure that teachers receive their salaries by the end of the business day on Tuesday, the 26th of September, 2023,” she said.

Explaining the reason for the late payment, Archer-Bradshaw explained that ministry investigations had revealed that the situation occurred as a result of “the late receipt or, in some instances, the non-receipt of recommendations for continuation of acting assignments for the affected teachers”.

“Reports supporting recommendations to allow continuation of acting assignments are due by the end of the academic year. This year, the due date was the 14th of July, 2023. Additionally, recommendations for continuation are to be endorsed by the Board of Management and submitted for approval before teachers can be added to the payroll for the new academic year.

“However, the majority of these recommendations were received by the ministry after the deadline for the payroll cycle. In fact, some of these recommendations are still outstanding,” she said.

The education chief said the ministry plans to convene a meeting with the relevant staff at the schools to institute the necessary improvements to ensure that the process is completed in a timely manner in the future.
(BT)