On the 3rd of August 2023, the Ombudsman and the Commissioner for Education updated the Speaker of the House of Representatives in connection with a Final Opinion which had been laid on the Table of the House in April 2023.
Two sixth-form teachers had complained about the unjust situation resulting from the pegging of calls for teachers in private and church schools with those issued by the Ministry for Education.
In their letter of the 3rd of August 2023 the Ombudsman and the Commissioner for Education informed the Speaker that by letter dated 2nd June 2023, the Principal Permanent Secretary had informed the Ombudsman’s Office that the Administration did not intend to implement the recommendations made in the Final Opinion dated 2nd February 2023. The Office of the Ombudsman responded to this letter, and a copy of the exchange is attached herewith:
02.06.2023 – Letter from the Principal Permanent Secretary
03.08.2023 – Commissioner for Education to the Principal Permanent Secretary
03.08.2023 – Letter to the Speaker
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