November 19, 2013
Had lunch today with a couple of high school Peace Corps teachers and wondered why they were not in school. Teachers are on strike they said.
It seems the teachers have not yet been paid, well a lot of them anyway. Of course of the problems are the lack funds, not knowing where the funds are, and determining who should be paid. Some European is trying to institute electronic thumb readers, good idea, but lots of money, especially ridiculous for schools that still have no electricity.
If they ever do get the money and determine just who the teachers really are, the next problem for teachers to collect their salary. For most in the areas where I am, it requires taking at least one day, often two days off away from school, just to go to a distant bank.
In the meantime, students are out of school and missing the meager education that is available.
Had lunch today with a couple of high school Peace Corps teachers and wondered why they were not in school. Teachers are on strike they said.
It seems the teachers have not yet been paid, well a lot of them anyway. Of course of the problems are the lack funds, not knowing where the funds are, and determining who should be paid. Some European is trying to institute electronic thumb readers, good idea, but lots of money, especially ridiculous for schools that still have no electricity.
If they ever do get the money and determine just who the teachers really are, the next problem for teachers to collect their salary. For most in the areas where I am, it requires taking at least one day, often two days off away from school, just to go to a distant bank.
In the meantime, students are out of school and missing the meager education that is available.
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