AS Guyana hosts the 36th Biennial Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) Conference from August 4-9, 2013 under the theme “Improving the professional status of teachers in the Caribbean” a women’s conference will be held today at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.
This conference is expected to address

many of the problems faced by women across the Caribbean, and while this is a teacher’s conference, women from across the spectrum of Guyana will be included.
President of the Guyana Teacher’s Union (GTU), Mr. Colin Bynoe in a press conference last month had said that in excess of 400 women are expected to participate, and the keynote address is expected to be delivered by Human Services Minister, Ms. Jennifer Webster.
The official opening ceremony for the CUT conference will also be held today at the National Cultural Centre (NCC), and Mr. Bynoe had informed that President Donald Ramotar is expected to deliver the feature address, while CUT President, Mr. Marvin Andall will be delivering the keynote address.
This conference is being hosted by the CUT in collaboration with GTU and the Ministry of Education and will see participants from 24 Caribbean territories as Guyana hosts the conference for the first time since 1992.
The business sessions of the conference will be held from August 6-9 at the Princess International Hotel Conference Centre, East Bank Demerara and some of the issues which will be deliberated on include violence in schools, marking of SBA projects, Grade six examination across the Caribbean, as well as salaries and better conditions for teachers.
In terms of sponsorship, Mr. Bynoe had indicated that corporate Guyana has stepped on board, with sponsors such as Banks DIH, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL).
The activities for the conference commenced yesterday with a church service at the Central Seventh Day Adventist church, church and Oronoque Streets on August 4, where teachers and all members of the public were invited to attend.