Jagdeo urges teachers to return to classrooms until court action is determined

And so he urged teachers not to be misled and to return to the classrooms until the matter before the court is determined.

On Wednesday, Chief Education Officer (CEO), Saddam Hussain was forced to withdraw a memo regarding the salaries of striking teachers; Hussain risked being charged with contempt of court.

High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon, last week, granted two conservatory orders preventing the government from cutting the salaries of striking teachers and also blocking the decision to discontinue the deduction of union dues from their salaries.

The orders remain in place until a determination is made in the substantive hearing of the matter which is now set for March 20, 2024.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), through attorney Darren Wade, in a fixed date application filed on February 16, sought to quash the government’s actions which they deemed as discriminatory and a breach and violation of key rights.