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There is still no definitive timeline tonight for when teachers will receive the refund of their salaries for the eleven days they were out on strike last month. Despite a Supreme Court ruling in its favor on Monday, the Belize National Teachers Union remains uncertain when government will process and disburse the remainder of their […]
Written on November 22, 2016 | Posted in
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A major decision was handed down this afternoon by the Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. The Belize National Teachers Union, led by President Luke Palacio and Adelaida Guerra, took the government to court seeking to stop a decision by the Ministry of Education to dock the salaries of teachers who went on strike for eleven days […]
Written on November 21, 2016 | Posted in
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B.N.T.U. returns to court on December sixteenth, when it is expected that the substantive matter, a claim that the decision to deduct teachers’ salaries is unconstitutional, will be argued before the Chief Justice. The teachers union is challenging the validity of that decision made by the Ministry of Education. It is also prepared to argue […]
Before the decision was handed down, Leader of the People’s United Party, John Briceño wrote to Prime Minister Dean Barrow asking him to reconsider the Government’s position on deducting from salaries of teachers. According to Briceño, the letter is a result of last week’s meeting with the Union’s executives, held before they filed for an […]
Written on November 21, 2016 | Posted in
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The monthly salaries of almost two thousand primary and secondary school teachers hang in the balance tonight, as they anxiously await a decision to be handed down by the Supreme Court on Monday. Earlier this week, an application for an injunction was filed on behalf of the Belize National Teachers Union. The formal request for […]
Written on November 18, 2016 | Posted in
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According to Palacio, government insists on punishing teachers who took part in industrial action last month. While there is currently no figure to determine the overall deduction, government has began the process of docking the salaries of over one thousand, five hundred teachers ahead of the Christmas Season. Luke Palacio, National President, B.N.T.U. “We […]
Written on November 18, 2016 | Posted in
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Earlier this year, we told you about the downtown rejuvenation project that is being undertaken by the Belize City Council and the National Institute of Culture and History with support from Taiwan ICDF and the Ministry of Tourism. The plan is to improve the awareness and appreciation of Belize City’s colonial past through the sustainable […]
Written on November 18, 2016 | Posted in
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The People’s United Party met earlier today with the executive of the Belize National Teacher’s Union. Many of the Union’s members who went on an eleven-day strike that led to concessions from Government on key national issues as well as interest on their delayed salary adjustment, now face deductions in salary ordered by the Ministry […]
Written on November 15, 2016 | Posted in
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Geospatial information systems may be introduced in the classrooms through the curriculum starting from primary schools. On Tuesday, primary school teachers participated in a workshop where they were introduced to GIS and the best ways to use it to make teaching and learning more engaging. On the second day of the workshop, secondary and tertiary […]
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Belize National Teachers Union has been silent in the past few days. That is because we have learned that the union has decided to challenge the government in respect of salary deductions for teachers to be made at the end of this month. A letter was sent to the Minister of Education and Acting Prime […]
A two-day international conference to discuss sustainability in leadership started today at the UWI Open Campus. The conference hosted by Belize’s UWI Open Campus and Cave Hill School of Business in Barbados brought experts together to discuss how the region can develop sustainably. Presentations will see discussions on climate change resiliency through sustainable entrepreneurial growth, […]
Written on November 9, 2016 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Education has finalized an agreement with managing authorities for teachers to make up time lost as a result of recent industrial action. That decision was met without input from the Belize National Teachers Union which refused to meet with Minister of Education Patrick Faber on his terms. Earlier today, the ministry sat […]
Written on November 8, 2016 | Posted in
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In his capacity as Acting Prime Minister, Faber was privy to a letter written by B.N.T.U. President Luke Palacio to PM Barrow in which he requested that the notice issued by the Ministry of Education be withdrawn. While Faber acknowledges a conflict of interest should he respond to the letter, he says his position on […]
Written on November 8, 2016 | Posted in
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Regional institution UWI and Belize’s national university UB signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen partnerships to improve tertiary level education in Belize. The MOU seeks to foster the relationship through collaborative efforts in a number of areas including research and programme and course development. The goal is to intensify efforts to develop Belize’s human […]
Written on November 8, 2016 | Posted in
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Another MOU was signed today, this time between the UWI Open Campus and the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This MOU is a continuation of another MOU signed in 2014 to develop the private sector. It will see the continuation of annual trainings, seminars and sessions in several areas. News Five was at today’s […]
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The European Union and the government kicked off an important program on early childhood education over the weekend. The program covers the Corozal and Orange District where preschool teachers are found to be anemic in imparting childhood education. In fact, only a handful of teachers are qualified; the program will assist with establishing a curriculum […]
Written on November 8, 2016 | Posted in
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Minister of Education Patrick Faber has responded openly to criticisms made by the Belize National Teachers Union last Thursday. The Deputy Prime Minister was chided for purportedly being dishonest in addressing the pending matter of teachers’ salaries, following the October eleven-day industrial action. The Minister and the B.N.T.U. have not met to settle makeup time […]
Among the charges made against the ministry is the deliberate bumping up of the submission of pay sheets from the ninth of every month. According to Faber, the collection date has always been on the second, particularly in November when the Ministry of Finance has to prepare additional payroll for teachers towards the end of […]
Written on November 7, 2016 | Posted in
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The academic calendar is made up of at least one hundred and eighty contact days, of which teachers and students are required to be in session. The eleven-day strike in October puts the actual classroom time below that benchmark, prompting Chief Education Officer Doctor Carol Babb to ensure that balance is maintained in fulfilling the […]
Written on November 7, 2016 | Posted in
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The council of management of the Belize National Teachers Union is meeting on Saturday to discuss the way forward in light of recent developments in the education sector. Earlier this week, the Ministry of Education announced that it was bypassing B.N.T.U. and going directly to the Managing Authorities to discuss the issue of makeup time […]
Written on November 4, 2016 | Posted in
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The strike fund and its intended use are also at the center of the ongoing controversy. According to B.N.T.U. President Luke Palacio, the Minister of Education quotes liberally from a convention in the north where a decision was met to revise the purpose of the strike fund. Palacio says that Faber is pretending that he […]
Written on November 4, 2016 | Posted in
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C.X.C. going online? Yes, well, at least a part of it and it is happening sooner than you’d think. In January of next year, students who are sitting CSEC exams with a multiple choice component will be doing some of their exams online. The talk of moving the exams from paper to e-method has been […]
Written on November 4, 2016 | Posted in
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Students will be spending six additional days in classrooms to make up for lost time during striking days. The Chief Education Officer, Doctor Carol Babb, says that the six days adequately covers the eleven days of strike undertaken by teachers between October third and fourteenth. That decision was taken on Wednesday between the ministry and […]
Written on November 3, 2016 | Posted in
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But even as the teachers will be spending more time with the students in the academic year, will their salaries be docked? Doctor Carol Babb says deductions will be reflected at the end of November payroll. Reporter “Dr. Babb, are you able to talk to us about the salaries for the teachers. It is […]
Written on November 3, 2016 | Posted in
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Even as teachers are back in the classrooms, the B.N.T.U. and the ministry remain at odds. On Tuesday, Government issued a release stating that it is in direct discussion with the Managing Authorities to formulate a plan for making up a considerable portion of teaching time lost to the recent strike. And following the Chief […]
Written on November 3, 2016 | Posted in
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