Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, has expressed surprise at the recent announcement by President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU),NHL Jerseys From China, Colwyn King, to seek audience with President Bharrat Jagdeo with regards to an alleged breach of an agreement between the Ministry and the union.Minister Baksh, in an invited comment yesterday,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, said that while the union has the prerogative to meet with the President, the argument that an agreement was breached will be quite a task to prove.The GTU was forced to engage representation of some teachers recently after they were accused of being involved in sexual misconducts at their respective schools and thus sought the intervention of the union.Following investigations into the matters, Minister Baksh said that the Ministry had recommended that the harshest of sanctions be imposed against the teachers.To this end it was recommended that the Teaching Service Commission, which is tasked with hiring and firing teachers,Wholesale Jerseys 2018, dismiss all teachers that were found guilty of misconduct.?Minister Baksh said that it was also recommended that disciplinary action be instituted against head teachers who were found guilty of negligence and allowed the transgressions to persist. And indeed the measures were imposed much to the objection of the President of the GTU.He had related that since the union has a right to represent all teachers within its membership,Cheap Jerseys From China, he had written to the Ministry to rethink its recommendation.King revealed that it was some years ago that the union and the Ministry entered into an agreement which stipulated that teachers cannot simply be dismissed without a hearing and that a representative of the union must be present; an agreement he claimed was breached when actions were instituted against the teachers.But according to Minister Baksh, following the disciplinary actions against the teachers he had requested that King forward a copy of the agreement to him, a request which he noted is yet to be honoured.The Minister said that he is not aware that such an agreement ever existed and therefore cannot acknowledge the challenge of the union.He further noted that he is disheartened at the fact that the union continues to bring the breach of an agreement to the media as a major grievance, adding that he had only last Tuesday met with King.The Minister said that the Union President was even able to discuss the course of disciplinary actions against the teachers with TSC officials and appeared to have been satisfied with the decisions that were made.But even if the disciplinary actions are not condoned by the Union,Cheap Baseball Jerseys, the Minister said that there will be no reversing of those already instituted decisions.According to him, he believes that the decision made is good and is in accordance with maintaining a good and proper standard within the system.The Minister expressed concern that the union continues to emphasise the measures as major problems and has even threatened to take disciplinary action.He is of the belief that if the GTU continues its current course of action it will only serve to encourage teachers to become complacent in the school system and allow for them to indulge in deviant practices rather than work towards the upliftment of the system.Meanwhile,Stitched Jerseys, Minister Baksh said that he has made a proposal to the GTU President that the Ministry and the union collaborate to create a definite disciplinary procedure which both entities can agree to. According to the Minister, the two entities have over the years been able to maintain a cordial relation and he is optimistic that it will continue with a view of helping to improve the education sector.