Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Johanne Prosper
Published on 2024-03-20 04:30:14
The Union Staff of MITD and the MITD Training Officers Union recently held a special general meeting at the Sir Gaëtan Duval Hotel School gymnasium in Ebene to express their concerns regarding the establishment of the Institute of Technical Education and Technology (ITET), which will oversee the technical training sector. Members of these two union formations took the opportunity to ask questions to the chairman of the board, Harrykrishna Vydelingum, and the director of the Mauritius Institute of Training and Development (MITD), Sayadaly Maudarbocus.
The director explained that the management and the board of directors had asked the Pay Research Bureau to review the case of the trainers. He also mentioned that those who had a diploma would benefit from another complementary one sponsored by the MITD. In his part, the president of this training institution spoke about the organization’s vision, assuring staff members that “no one will lose their job when the ITET welcomes other MITD centers”.
On their part, the unionists made a plea to the management for there to be in the future “a single category” of training staff, to put an end to “discriminatory actions” against instructors, and to offer them the opportunity to become Training Officers as “they have been performing the same tasks for years”.
The president of the Federation of Parastatal Bodies and Other Unions (PBOU) at the very beginning of this meeting, outlined the context in which the MITD (Formerly IVTB) was created and its contribution to a diversified economy. “Today, if we have professionals in several sectors, it is thanks to the MITD. But things have not always been easy. The struggle to obtain equal pay and privileges as in other education sectors has not been easy. We cannot forget the government’s intention to dismantle this organization by handing over all its buildings and infrastructure to private companies,” highlighted Deepak Benydin.
Read the original article(French) on Le Mauricien
