Teachers demand inclusion in the covid19 frontline workers category
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Teachers demand inclusion in the covid19 frontline workers category
The trade union says as a result of the pandemic, teachers’ roles have now transcended beyond just facilitating teaching and learning, but rather, a teacher in this COVID – 19 era, is also called upon to enforce the COVID – 19 preventative protocols in the school environment.
Bosetu president Winston Radikolo sys this is an additional role in the duty of a teacher that needs to be recognized and adequately remunerated by the employers.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...