By Michel Outridge

TEACHERS at Mae’s Under 12 private school yesterday morning called a work stoppage to protest a likely wage cut by the administration, but they were soon called to a meeting and the matter was resolved and classes resumed.The teachers were livid and outspoken at their school at 19 Third Avenue, Subryanville, yesterday morning after they were shown a copy of a memorandum, which stated that an impending salary cut was on the cards.

The salary cut issue caused some teachers to exit the classrooms, and this move resulted in management promptly calling a meeting with teachers, as well as those parents who showed up to collect their children from school, after they were told that classes were suspended until further notice.

During the meeting, which was in progress when this newspaper showed up, an official of the school instructed the guard to escort this reporter to the gate, after they refused to comment on the matter.

However, parents said that the differences had been resolved because the students who are preparing to sit the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examination would have been affected, so the memo was rescinded, as the administration opted to pay the teachers their full salaries.

Teachers for Mathematics, Science and Social Studies refused to teach when they learnt of the pay cut yesterday morning, but went back to their respective classes after an agreement was met.

When the school was contacted yesterday, several members of the administration were reportedly locked in a meeting, so the Guyana Chronicle was unable to elicit a comment on the outcome of that deliberation.