I used this medium a few weeks ago to inform authorities that I am robbed my salary for February 2009 even though I have worked that entire month. Another month salary was paid, yet no answer (s) about what has happened to my salary for February 2009. When I asked the headmistress on Thursday, September 24 she asserted, “I don’t know”. I need some answers because I am still convinced that my salary for February 2009 has been embezzled.

No education authority has seen it fit to explain who has embezzled my salary. Instead, I learnt from persons in Corriverton that Education Officer (Primary) Ms. Penelope Mc Intosh who also resides in Corriverton is purporting the following:

1. I do not have any qualifications. That is why I could not go to CPCE and I am not getting my salary for February 2009.

2. A male teacher from Corriverton Primary School’s salary is withheld for August 2009 because he allegedly forged his Medical Certificate.

I possess six (6) CXC subjects at the General Proficiency Level, Mathematics and English Language inclusive. In addition, I would be graduating from the University of Guyana with my Diploma in Public Management this November. I do not know the extent of Ms Mc Intosh’s qualifications but I was present at her graduation at Turkeyen where she gained a pass in Nursery Education.

At a recent head teacher’s meeting on Wednesday, the Education Officers ruled that no teacher must be given time-off even if there is an emergency. This was disclosed to the teachers at my school in a meeting on Thursday, September 24, 2009. Notwithstanding, the very next day the head teacher and the deputy head teacher took time-off at 13:50 hours without informing the teacher next in line and chaos ensued thereafter. Three teachers followed and then a number of pupils. The Graduate SM who is the teacher in line was teaching in her class on the upper flat and was not aware that the head and deputy had taken time-off until a teacher from the lower flat called her to enquire if school was dismissed. That was when she recognised that the office was closed.

The relevant authorities need to address these and the other issues I brought to their attention in my last letter. The Department of Education in Region 6 should provide some tangible explanation about my salary for February 2009 because I am still convinced that someone has embezzled my salary.