Teachers Association threatens strike over pay discrepancies and education sector reform
09 Feb 2014, 10:12 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
The Teachers Association of Maldives (TAM) has announced a nationwide teachers’ strike to protest against pay discrepancies and the state’s failure to improve the education sector.
President of TAM Athif Abdul Hakeem said the strike can go ahead any time, with all preemptive steps having been taken, but noted that a priority would still be given to resolve issues through dialogue.
Athif said that meetings with the education ministry had resulted only in the promise of more meetings
“So in late January (2014) we requested to arrange a meeting but there was no response. So sent another letter this month. now we are waiting to discuss our issues. our next step will depend on how that goes,” Athif said.
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