Pierre Josué Agénor Cadet the Minister of National Education confirmed last week during his speech at the Center for Permanent Information on the Coronavirus, that private schools and universities would benefit from financial support from the State due to Covid-19 and the state of health emergency that caused their activities to stop.

Minister Cadet said more than 17,000 non-public schools and about 10,000 teachers working in private universities are expected to be affected as part of this government initiative, aimed at alleviating the responsibilities of these education workers due to the Covid-19 pandemic where most of the activities are stopped.

He explained that the information on the workforce, established from the databases, was transmitted to the Ministry of Finance which performs the calculations in order to make the necessary forecasts and provisions, following the instructions of the highest authorities. It will be a lump sum support, warns the Minister who will take into account if the teacher works in the public and private sectors because, this assumes that he still has an income in the public sector, despite the cessation activities...

The administrative staff of these establishments are also affected by this measure, added the Minister, who stressed, in return, the duty of the management of beneficiary establishments to produce a report on the payments made. Specified that the checks will be given to the school directors and university officials will ensure the distribution according to the number of hours provided by each professor.

In addition, the Minister has issued a warning to all those who begin to make false schools or who increase the numbers of teachers in order to take advantage of the situation. The latter will be punished according to the laws denouncing individuals who try to deceive the vigilance of the State, while affirming that all the measures had been taken to thwart and thwart the action of these fraudsters,

Reacting to the concerns of teachers in the public sector, holding a letter of appointment and who have been waiting their pay for two or three years, Cadet ensures that their files will also be taken into account. Assuring that their payment is also under study and that the necessary will be done soon...

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