St. George: May 19, 2021: Amicable discussions were held on Tuesday, as the Minister for Labour, Honourable Peter David, continued mediation in the ongoing dispute over the 4% salary increase due to teachers and public officers for 2021. The Minister, in his capacity as mediator, held joint talks with representatives of the Government’s Negotiating Team […]
St. George: May 4, 2021: The Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Religious Affairs and Information joins millions around the world in expressing heartfelt appreciation to all our past and present teachers. In the 1940’s, the earliest advocates of setting aside a time to honour and appreciate teachers agitated for this cause and today, we […]
April 30, 2021 – Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell has expressed concern for the well-being of the nation’s students who were left unsupervised when some teachers were engaged in protest action. In the continuing clamour for the immediate payment of the 4% salary increase due to them and other public officers for […]
St. George: April 28, 2021: The Ministry of Education and by extension the Government of Grenada, is extremely concerned about the decision of the Grenada Union of Teachers to ask members to call in sick on Tuesday, leaving many students in a number of schools, unsupervised and at risk. The Ministry of Education previously raised […]
St. George’s: September 2, 2020: Prime Minister Dr. Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell held a cordial and open meeting recently, with the leadership of the Grenada Union of Teachers. The meeting took on special significance, given the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Grenada’s education sector that resulted in the prolonged closure of schools. Both parties […]
Fellow Grenadian Sisters and brothers. I want to talk to you about the future of our beloved country and about what defines us as a nation. I also want to talk about being reasonable and fair, and ensuring social justice for all. These are the things at the core of this ongoing debate about the […]
Message to the Nation by the Minister for Education, Human Resource Development & Religious AffairsHon. Emmalin Pierre ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, NOV. 20, 2018 – Ladies and gentlemen, I take the opportunity, yet again, to address the nation in my capacity as Minister for Education. The decision by the Grenada Union of Teachers, to undertake industrial […]
The streets of St George were transformed into a platform for Trade Unionists, teachers and other public workers who chanted their way through in a March showing their disdain with the Government’s offer of 2% for workers’ gratuity and pension. Chanting, singing and holding placards through the streets, the protesters caught the eyes of tourists, […]
Thousands of students from Primary schools to the island’s lone Tertiary institution are once again forced to remain at home. This stems from the actions taken by the public workers and teachers whose Union leaders have asked their membership to remain at home. After a massive Rally yesterday where Trade Unionists, Union leaders and their […]
