Experienced teachers put to pasture
published: Monday | February 28, 2005
THE EDITOR, Sir:THE MOST critical shortage of skilled human resources is being exacerbated by the mandatory 60-year-old retirement requirement of the Ministry of Education. Teachers, qualified, skilled and committed to the education of the human resources, are being retired at an age where they, by virtue of experience, are at the peak of form.
I, therefore endorse, without reservation, the efforts of the Jamaica Teachers' Association to preserve and use this vital resource that is being put out to pasture.
On a personal note, daily, I reflect on the abuse and disrespect that the system has for what I would willingly give. Ironically, I obtained a post-graduate diploma in teaching three years ago. To what end?
Why would you retire someone who:
Holds a BSc. (economics and administration), an MBA (marketing and finance), and a post-graduate diploma (teaching)?Had 25 years mid to upper-management level experiences in the United States in marketing and management?Recently completed writing lectures in marketing and lectures in management specific to the Jamaican students' needs?Was goalkeeper and all-rounder for the college's football and cricket teams in the last academic year?Just wants to teach?Amusingly, I am being actively recruited by two First World countries for a 2005 to 2008 contract period.
I am, etc.,
Retired, kicking and biting.
