Members of the taskforce for 'Teachers for Change' (TFC), insist that nothing can stop them from embarking on their sit-down strike, if the authorities did not meet their demands.
Foroyaa conducted a tour of Schools in the Greater Banjul Area, and as well called School Heads in the Western, Central, Lower and Upper River Regions as well as the North Bank Region, to know what the situation was on the ground in these areas. Reliable information reaching Foroyaa have it that teachers have not reported in St. Charles and Albreda Upper and Senior Schools. The Principal of Tallinding Upper Basic Cycle School Demba Keita, said seventy five percent of his teachers reported on Monday; that they had a big assembly where he informed the students that normal lessons will resume on Tuesday for both the morning and afternoon shifts; that because Monday was the opening day, they did not keep the students long at School, and they are preparing their timetable for lessons which would be given to all teachers.
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