And while postponed registration means schools will be starved for funds, government is already in a worse position. It's revenue has slowed to a trickle with the economic shutdown - and with that, there is concern for teachers' salaries. Will they have to take a paycut? This year's increment is already on the table to be frozen - but will salaries also take a hit? The Minister had no clear answer to this key question:
Hon. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education
"As we speak there is no definitive plan for that and what will happen in the future as I've said we'll just have to wait and see, but from the Ministry of Education's viewpoint we have to try our best of course and we will try our best to ensure that teachers continue to get as best remuneration as they possibly can given our very constrain circumstances."
Email
Print