Action against possible termination of technical college staff

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The Fiji Teachers Confederation says they know about a letter that is being circled among the staff of the specialized schools of Fiji that expresses that their agreements will be ended before the current year’s over anyway FNU says they have not approved any correspondence to the staff with respect to their agreements.

Fijivillage has been educated by a portion of the staff that they have been told their agreement will be ended one month from now in spite of the fact that they have an agreement until 2024.

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Pastor for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum had declared in the 2019/2020 National Budget that the organization of the specialized schools will go under the Fiji National University.

Preceding this, the 15 universities and all staff went under the Education Ministry.

Instruction Minister, Rosy Akbar had said a year ago that the Technical College of Fiji was set up to offer occasions to kids who have been forgotten about, underestimated as a result of their conditions pushing them to exit school and subsequently losing trust in a more promising time to come.

Akbar said the Fiji Higher Education Commission has been working with the Technical College of Fiji to have quality guaranteed programs set up.

Secretary General of the Confederation, Agni Deo Singh has affirmed to Legend FM News that he has met with the Director and the group of the FNU Human Resources Department and they were educated that the all out expense concerning running the 15 grounds of the specialized schools is $13.1 million.

He says they have educated him that the pay that is created through the Tertiary Education Loan Scheme from these universities is a little beneath $5 million so there is a deficit of $8.1 million.

He says this is the reason FNU is constrained to close 10 places and attempt to deal with 5.

Singh says he has met with individuals in Labasa and will meet with individuals in the Central Division one week from now to settle on what move they will make.

FNU says the administration doesn’t know, nor has it approved any correspondence to the staff concerning their agreements and will explore the substance and inception of a letter that expresses all aside from 5 grounds will be shutting.

Anyway Acting Vice-Chancellor, Doctor William May has affirmed to Legend FM News that a survey of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training programs is in progress.

FNU is assessing its learning and showing assets, program quality, educator capabilities, understudy numbers and offices.

He says they are into the last phases of the survey practice and can’t uncover any data now without following fair treatment.

Dr. May says once all the cycles are finished, the University will offer a public expression.

When examined on Singh’s cases concerning a gathering with FNU and the circumstance in regards to their funds, Dr. May says the Fijian Government has likewise consistently positioned extraordinary accentuation on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, which is profound established in their schooling plan.

He says FNU is at the front line of doing the public authority’s drives towards persistently improving the conveyance of TVET projects to suit the developing position market.

The Vice Chancellor adds that they are sure that the route forward for TVET training will bring about the understudies getting quality tertiary-level instruction that energizes both advancement and reasonable learning and quicker occupation possibilities.

Questions have been shipped off the Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar. They have alluded all inquiries to FNU.

-Fiji village
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