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…but silence on debunching payment worries GTUThe Ministry of Education has resumed its offering of duty free concessions to public school teachers after what is believed to have been a multi-year freeze on the process.GTU President,Curtis Samuel Jersey,Mark LyteAccording to President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte,NFL Jerseys From China, based on information reaching his office, a large number of teachers have recently been summoned by the Ministry regarding their duty free concessions. This move, according to him, was subsequent to several reports in the media that alluded to a fracas between the Ministry and the Union in relation to the duty free issue.Lyte, at a press conference earlier this year had told reporters that between the period of 2009-2013 there was a backlog in terms of the number of teachers able to access the duty free privilege.“There are some teachers who were eligible since in 2009 and are actually coming off without receiving their duty free concessions so we are fighting that battle,” the GTU President said then, as he pointed out that part of the requirement is that teachers must have at least  five years remaining in order to be eligible.“Our case is that when they were entitled they had their requisite five years…that goes to show how slow the Ministry has been acting, and it has not been because of a lack of effort on our (GTU) part. We can only do so much and try to work along with the Ministry to get it expedited, but the process is very long and painful,” asserted Lyte.But Minister of Education Priya Manickchand at a press conference she subsequently convened categorically debunked the claims of the GTU.Nevertheless, the two sides met amicably and according to Lyte, “the Guyana Teachers’ Union is pleased and very grateful that the Ministry is acting on this concern of ours.”He disclosed that based on the GTU records, approval has been granted by the Ministry for the duty free concessions of some 52 teachers.  These teachers, most of whom became eligible for duty free concessions during the period 2013 and 2014, have also been contacted by the Guyana Revenue Authority in order to finalise the process.Meanwhile, teachers who were denied their concessions previously, some dating as far back as 2009, are also likely to soon be afforded this privilege. Lyte in an invited comment spoke of a special arrangement being put in place to ensure that these teachers will benefit although their timeframe of eligibility would have passed.“A special list was put together,Dani Alves Barcelona Jersey, with those outstanding names,Connor Randall Liverpool Jersey UK, and so that is being looked at right now…they have not been called yet but the Ministry and the GTU sat down and came up with that list of outstanding names, and so we expect that to be addressed shortly,” said Lyte.Meanwhile, Lyte informed that the GTU remains concerned about the silence with regards to the debunching payment for teachers.The debunching payment is intended to cater to the salaries of teachers, whereby those with the same status will be paid based on their years of experience. This would ensure that a senior teacher who was trained 10 years ago will not be placed on the same salary scale as a senior master or mistress that was subsequently trained.But according to Lyte,Arizona State Sun Devils Jerseys, “our teachers have not benefited one dollar from that debunching.” According to him,Dion Dawkins Womens Jersey, a task force that was set up to address this issue had completed its work since in September in terms of categorising teachers and how they will benefit from the debunching.While the GTU has blamed the Ministry for this delayed payment, Minister Manickchand had in fact turned the blame on the Union.Lyte however noted that although the Ministry has since made efforts to address the duty free concessions, there seems to be immense reluctance to address the latter issue which would benefit a greater amount of teachers.“As a matter of fact it would bring satisfaction to the entire teaching population, because everybody is going to get something,” said Lyte as he lamented that the Ministry continues to be silent on this matter.“We have spoken to several senior education officials, but they are still silent on the debunching payment,Tonny Vilhena Jersey, so GTU would like the Ministry to engage us and say something about the debunching…at least by now they should have done something about it,” the GTU President added.