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According to Higgins, the friction started after he found it necessary to implement measures to address and chronicle, among other things, the lateness of teachers. The records, he added, were there to show that lateness has been a chronic problem with one teacher being late 89 times, another 69 and yet another 61 times last year
"[A total of] 286 hours were lost in one year of teaching and learning time," the principal said, adding that he has been a stickler for teachers coming to work on time, attentiveness to lesson planning and getting to class on time."
He added: "If they were working at the bank and they were late this many times in one year they would be out of a job, and so I tell them they must go to class on time and give a full day's work for a full day's pay."
Higgins said among the other issues with which teachers were disgruntled was his decision to put an end to them selling merchandise to students and the privatisation of the canteen and the bookshop which was being operated by teachers. "Since then, there has been some friction," he told the Jamaica Observer.
Higgins said the teachers have also objected to him making unscheduled visits to their classrooms, claiming their space was being invaded.
According to Higgins, the friction started after he found it necessary to implement measures to address and chronicle, among other things, the lateness of teachers. The records, he added, were there to show that lateness has been a chronic problem with one teacher being late 89 times, another 69 and yet another 61 times last year
"[A total of] 286 hours were lost in one year of teaching and learning time," the principal said, adding that he has been a stickler for teachers coming to work on time, attentiveness to lesson planning and getting to class on time."
He added: "If they were working at the bank and they were late this many times in one year they would be out of a job, and so I tell them they must go to class on time and give a full day's work for a full day's pay."
Higgins said among the other issues with which teachers were disgruntled was his decision to put an end to them selling merchandise to students and the privatisation of the canteen and the bookshop which was being operated by teachers. "Since then, there has been some friction," he told the Jamaica Observer.
Higgins said the teachers have also objected to him making unscheduled visits to their classrooms, claiming their space was being invaded.
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