Teachers’ union sets other priorities than Solidaridat Sindikal
WILLEMSTAD - The teachers’ union SITEK was one of the great absentees during the actions of Solidaridat Sindikal in recent days. SITEK chairman Lio Plantijn says to have other priorities than to carry out actions. The More...
New school year started today; teachers postpone their strike
WILLEMSTAD - Today is the beginning of a new school year in Curaçao. This was also confirmed by the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, Marilyn Alcala-Wallé last night during a broadcast of the More...
Minister of Education: “We assume that schools will start tomorrow”
WILLEMSTAD - Tomorrow is the first day of school. The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Science, Marilyn Alcala-Wallé says that she assumes the schools will start tomorrow. It is impossible to discuss More...
Teachers on strike till demands are met
WILLEMSTAD - The union representing teachers Sitek, has announced that they will be on strike on the first day of school. They will call off this strike only if their 48 demands are met. This is what the teachers More...
Message from Minister Ruggenaath to the teachers and students in Curaçao
Today we celebrate our National Education Day (‘Dia di Enseñansa’) in Curacao. One of the goals in our National Development Plan (http://bit.ly/CNDP_BoS) is linked to Sustainable Development Goal #4 of the More...
Valuing Teachers, improving their status
Message from the Heads of UNESCO, ILO, UNICEF, UNDP and Education International on the occasion of World Teachers' Day, 50th anniversary of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, 5 More...
Update: Minister of Education goes to court to force teachers to go back to work
WILLEMSTAD – The Minister of Education, Irene Dick is preparing a summary proceeding to force the teachers to go back to work tomorrow. Tomorrow will be the fourth day in a row that the teachers are on strike. According More...
Teachers continue with their strike – No school tomorrow
WILLEMSTAD – The chairman of the teachers union Sitek, Darius Plantijn confirmed that the teachers’ action will continue tomorrow. The teachers did not agree with the proposition made by the Minister of Education, More...
Members teaching union Sitek gather for 3rd consecutive day
WILLEMSTAD - Members of education trade union Sitek are meeting today again during working hours for an agreement on the issues brought forth by the union with the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, More...
Education trade union Sitek gives Government ultimatum
WILLEMSTAD - Some 200 members of the education trade union Sitek (Sindikato di Trahadó den Edukashon na Kòrsou) were gathered yesterday morning, Monday, February 22, 2016, at the union’s headquarters in Steenen More...
