Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ABIDJAN927
2006-08-18 17:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Abidjan
Cable title:
COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS WITHHOLD EXAM
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UNCLAS ABIDJAN 000927
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB PGOV IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS WITHHOLD EXAM
RESULTS IN PROTEST OVER PAYMENT
REF: ABIDJAN 789
UNCLAS ABIDJAN 000927
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB PGOV IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS WITHHOLD EXAM
RESULTS IN PROTEST OVER PAYMENT
REF: ABIDJAN 789
1. (U) As of August 18, public secondary school teachers in
the government-controlled zone are refusing to release
results from the baccalaureate exam (required for entry to
university) until they are paid for grading them. (Note:
Exams in the rebel-controlled zone are scheduled to start
August 28.) The teachers are demanding a total of 461
million CFA (922,000 USD). Teachers began grading the exam
on August 7, and results were supposed to be published August
15.
2. (SBU) On July 18 the teachers announced that they were
resuming an earlier strike (ref A). Prompt payment for
proctoring and grading the exams was one of their key
demands. On July 24, the day the strike was supposed to
resume, the Ministry of Education announced the formation of
a committee -- comprised of representatives of the Ministries
of Education, Finance and Labor, and the teachers' unions --
to address the teachers' demands. On the strength of this
action, the teachers called off their strike. The exams
proceeded normally. Then on August 7, the day the teachers
started grading the exams, they once again urgently raised
the pay issue. The Ministry responded that they would be
paid on September 15. The teachers then accused the Ministry
of using delaying tactics, and they announced that they would
withhold the results of the exams until they are paid.
3. (SBU) Sources in the Collective of Unions of the
Education/Training sector 8Collectif des Syndicats du
Secteur Education-Formation," (CSSEF) tell us they believe
the Ministry of Education is now attempting to bypass them by
sending the exam papers to private school teachers in other
cities of the government-controlled south for grading.
4. (SBU) Comment: The teachers realize that once the
results of the exams are released they will have no more
leverage to force the Ministry to address the pay issue or
any of their other demands until after the school year starts
again this fall. For now, they are hanging tough.
End Comment.
Hooks
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB PGOV IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS WITHHOLD EXAM
RESULTS IN PROTEST OVER PAYMENT
REF: ABIDJAN 789
1. (U) As of August 18, public secondary school teachers in
the government-controlled zone are refusing to release
results from the baccalaureate exam (required for entry to
university) until they are paid for grading them. (Note:
Exams in the rebel-controlled zone are scheduled to start
August 28.) The teachers are demanding a total of 461
million CFA (922,000 USD). Teachers began grading the exam
on August 7, and results were supposed to be published August
15.
2. (SBU) On July 18 the teachers announced that they were
resuming an earlier strike (ref A). Prompt payment for
proctoring and grading the exams was one of their key
demands. On July 24, the day the strike was supposed to
resume, the Ministry of Education announced the formation of
a committee -- comprised of representatives of the Ministries
of Education, Finance and Labor, and the teachers' unions --
to address the teachers' demands. On the strength of this
action, the teachers called off their strike. The exams
proceeded normally. Then on August 7, the day the teachers
started grading the exams, they once again urgently raised
the pay issue. The Ministry responded that they would be
paid on September 15. The teachers then accused the Ministry
of using delaying tactics, and they announced that they would
withhold the results of the exams until they are paid.
3. (SBU) Sources in the Collective of Unions of the
Education/Training sector 8Collectif des Syndicats du
Secteur Education-Formation," (CSSEF) tell us they believe
the Ministry of Education is now attempting to bypass them by
sending the exam papers to private school teachers in other
cities of the government-controlled south for grading.
4. (SBU) Comment: The teachers realize that once the
results of the exams are released they will have no more
leverage to force the Ministry to address the pay issue or
any of their other demands until after the school year starts
again this fall. For now, they are hanging tough.
End Comment.
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