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After months of waiting, the verdict into stalled teachers’ promotion matter involving the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) was yesterday handed down by Chief Justice YonetteGTU Executive Members at the High Court in the company of Attorney-at-law Roysdale Forde (third from right)Cummings-Edwards.Justice Cummings-Edwards’ ruling,Throwback Jerseys, which favoured the GTU’s argument that there should be a review of the process of promotions for teachers by both the TSC and the Ministry of Education’s Schools Board Secretariat, was delivered in the High Court yesterday.Executive members of the GTU who were present in court to hear the ruling dubbed it a long overdue but very acceptable victory for the union. The union was represented by Attorney-at-law Roysdale Forde.In an invited comment to this publication yesterday, GTU President Mark Lyte disclosed that the Ministry will be pushing to have the review of the promotion process be completed by January, so that teachers could benefit from their long delayed promotions.Lyte said that the Union is very appreciative to its membership “for standing by us through this. They were worried, they were frustrated and at times thought that they wouldn’t get their promotions but they persevered and stood by their Union and their patients was not in vain.”Lyte is convinced that the process, though lengthy, taught a valuable lesson “that sometimes getting the results you need will not come overnight,Deion Sanders Falcons Jersey, but sometimes you have to be patient and wait it out”.But like the teachers,NFL Jerseys From China, the Union’s patience was wearing thin, so much so,Cheap Jerseys Free, that the Union just a few weeks ago desperately appealed for the ruling to be handed down.Lyte had even then lamented that “we continue to wait after many months for a decision from the High Court.” Lyte had noted too that the Union was concerned about the slothfulness of the judicial system in treating with a matter that should be viewed as important,NFL Jerseys Cheap China, since it was essentially putting on hold the career of educators.The GTU President had stressed that a ruling was not forthcoming even after efforts were made to seek help from several avenues, including ministers of government.“Letters were written to them seeking their intervention for a speedy ruling…our calls have essentially remained unanswered,Kyle Korver Hawks Jersey,” Lyte had complained. He’d added too that “we are hoping that by the end of another year – 2016 – the Chief Justice will make her decision whichever way, so that those persons whose careers would have been put on hold can move on.”However, Lyte was even then optimistic that the eventual ruling would have been in favour of the GTU, thus allowing the teachers to receive promotions retroactively.The stalled promotion matter is one that was initiated by an injunction filed by the GTU. While the Schools Board Secretariat had adhered to the injunction, which demanded that the promotion process be halted until a review of preliminary lists were done, the TSC decided to fight the matter in court. As a result, promotions for 2015 and 2016 were stalled.It is however expected that the promotion process will be fast-tracked following yesterday’s verdict. |
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