Jamaica Gleaner News – Shift system not benefiting schools, says Holness – Monday | March 24, 2008
If the allegations are true that the Education Minister has said that the shift system has not worked to the benefit of the education system, will the minister please make available the study/source on which the conclusion was based?
I find it difficult to accept that a major change such as scrapping the ’shift system’ could be made or even proposed without the benefit of the results from a reputable study/research.
I am curious to find out the direct and indirect impact on things such as;
- What impact will it have on the traveling public in the mornings?
- What impact will it have on employers who have to give time off to workers to pick up children? During the shift system, time off would normally be required only when the children are on the the morning shift.
- What impact will it have on the jobs of people currently working in the school system? What levels of redundancies can we expect? On the face of it, there may be no significant impact on teachers but most certainly it will have a major impact on the support staff such as Bursars, cleaners, canteen staff etc.
- What levels of savings can we expect? The system should benefit from reductions in some utility costs such as electricity.
- Will 100 schools be adequate to absorb the students from the ’second’ shift as well as the new students that will be entering the school system?
Jamaica Gleaner News – Shift system not benefiting schools, says Holness – Monday | March 24, 2008
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