A joint meeting, aimed at coordination and joint action on the issue of air conditioning installation in classrooms, will be held next Monday, September 16, by the educational organizations, OELMEK, POED and OLTEK.
In a statement, the POED states that yesterday the Board of the Organization examined the latest serious cases of interventions of a very small portion of parents and individual parents in the work of the school, which were the result of the wrong policy implemented by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth , recently and led to the public broadcasting of teachers.
"The investigation of complaints should be done in accordance with the existing legal procedures. The Ministry of Education must demand from all those who want to complain or complain about teachers, to do so personally and through proper procedures, which safeguard the prestige and dignity of teachers. At the same time, the Organization considers unjustified the violation of the schedule concerning the legislation of transfers, transfers, secondments and appointments, which resulted in the delayed and incomplete staffing of the schools ", he adds.
He further states that as a sign of protest against the above events, the Board of Directors of POED unanimously decided to hold General Assemblies of members by voting, on Thursday 19 September, from 8:00 to 15:00, to propose to the General Meetings of the members, the realization of a one-hour work stoppage, on Monday, September 23, the first teaching period, to request authorization from the General Assemblies of the members of POED, to take dynamic measures, not excluded and strikes, in case the phenomenon of interventions in schools and teacher broadcasting.
The Board of Directors of POED also decided to request authorization from the General Assemblies of the members, to take dynamic measures, not excluded and strikers to claim the right of students and teachers to work in humane working conditions, by installing air conditioners in classrooms. .
The Board of Directors of POED decided, at the same time, to suggest other actions on the above issues, which will be submitted at the meeting of the three Educational Organizations OELMEK, POED and OLTEK, which will take place on Monday, September 16, with the aim of coordinating and joint action.
The POED states, finally, that a meeting will be requested by the Pancyprian Confederation of Primary School Parents to study the situation that has been created and to undertake joint actions.