–??? Leila RamsonAdvertisements for vacant teaching positions in public schools are likely to commence within the next two weeks and according to Chairman of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC), Ms Leila Ramson, interviews for appointments will be conducted even without the involvement of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU).Ramson related that the process has been delayed for almost two weeks because of unwarranted commotion from the GTU.TSC Chairman, Leila RamsonThe TSC Chairman’s disclosure comes in wake of a decision made by President of the GTU,NFL Jerseys Cheap Authentic, Colwyn King, to not be a part of the process unless the union has a direct input in the appointment of teachers.King had earlier said that the union has been bombarded by complaints of teachers within the public education system who have applied for positions and have been turned down because of personal and political affiliations.But according to Ramson, the GTU President’s disclosure is completely inaccurate and has no place in the TSC. “We don’t know the teachers that we are appointing…It has nothing to do with the individuals, all we deal with is their records not their personal or political affiliations.”According to Ramson, the promotion and appointment of teachers have always been transparent even as she pointed to the fact that such undertakings are engaged by a panel of commissioners and not by a single individual.“Our system is always transparent we don’t have one and two people, we use every member of the panel which consists of seven commissioners and also members of the Ministry are allowed to come in…”The panel, Ramson related, includes a GTU nominee as well as the Chief Education Officer, thus it is unfair for the union President to say that the process is not transparent enough.During interviews, teachers are selected for promotion based on a point system,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, according to Ramson, who added that each teacher’s file is available for the perusal of each member of the panel.“If a commissioner has a doubt in his or her mind about the points allocated to teachers they are free to open the files or they can ask question and even offer comments.”The TSC Chairman also pointed out that the GTU also seems to have a problem with the fact that the TSC only interviews teachers for the headship of Grades ‘A’ and ‘B’ Schools for all levels – nursery,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, primary and secondary.According to Ramson, the GTU’s concerns seem to be rooted mainly in the fact that its representative unlike the other members of the panel is not able to score during the interviewing process.“For the past four years we have been having interviews and the GTU is allowed to sit in as an observer but is not allowed to score. We (the TSC) cannot give away our powers. The union suddenly has decided that it now wants to share our mandate and is now making a fuss about the process…They now want to score but we cannot allow this…”Ramson asserted that the TSC is the only body that is mandated to appoint teachers, remove teachers and impose disciplinary action, thus the GTU cannot dictate how the appointment process is conducted.And while Ramson claims that she is unaware what prompted the union’s ultimatum to be involved in the scoring process or not at all, she did speculate that the move may have been instigated by continuous complaints by some teachers who have not been promoted.GTU President,Wholesale China Jerseys, Colwyn King“Some teachers if they are not promoted, they will complain and feel that the TSC is biased. And that is what the GTU is saying too. I am saying that there is nothing swept under the carpet here, there is transparency all around.”As a result of the concerns raised by the union, the TSC chairman said that she had initially decided not to hold any interviews and simply work with the point system alone to appoint teachers. However at a recent meeting which saw the attendance of education and union officials, Ramson said that she was convinced,Authentic Jerseys From China, through the Chief Education Officer, that the interview process must be retained. As such, she noted, a decision was made to have the interviews but employ a different strategy.It was at the end of the meeting, Ramson related, that the GTU president declared that if he cannot be allowed to score at the interviews then he is pulling out altogether.“They don’t want to sit in, they don’t want to do anything, but life has to go on. There are many teachers out there waiting to see our vacancy list, they are waiting for promotion. So we will proceed without the GTU’s involvement.”According to Ramson, everything in the interviewing criteria will remain