Friday, Louis Mary Cador, Director General of the Ministry of Education hasprovided an update on the process of correction of exams of Bac 2016, disrupted by a strike since Monday, July 11.

Recall that the teachers involved in the correction of exams of baccalaureate assigned to the Lycée Toussaint Louverture, headquarters of the process had started a work stoppage for better wage conditions. Recall that they demanded to the Ministry 45,000 gourdes for the correction work instead of 21,000 they receive. In response the Ministry had rather than an increase, announced a decrease in pay to 19,000 gourdes what is at the origin of this strike.

Louis Mary Cador that informs that due to financial problems at the ministry, it is not possible to meet the requirements of teachers, however, despite the financial constraints he said that the Ministry had taken steps to maintain the premium of 21,000 gourdes to correctors. Stressing that the ministry can not promise what it can not pay it ensures that a set of measures were adopted to allow teachers to continue their correction work.

He announced that the corrections had be resumed in several centres of of various departments (without quantifying the magnitude of this resumption). In the West where blocking is more important, Louis Mary Cador said to have instructed the Departmental Director in order to take the necessary and allow candidates and population to avoid being penalized (without specifying what ae the measures). Finally he seek the understanding and cooperation of all correctors to resume work, appealing to their conscience...

Concluding "We have a duty to do the exercise that should facilitate the correction of copies. However, we remind all those who associate with this movement that the Ministry is not insensitive to their demands. However, the Ministry regrets not being able to meet these requirements at this time, without trivializing them."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18014-haiti-education-corrections-of-bac-paralyzed-by-strike.html

PI/ HaitiLibre