The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) extends apologies to the staff and students at the schools where lunches were delivered late or not at all, following a work stoppage at the School Meals Department’s Harbour Road Centre, today, February 17.
Meals were not delivered to one school, while those that arrived late at three others were returned. In one other case, staff repacked the meals in take-way containers for the students. However, meals were delivered as usual to the nearly 100 other schools across the island.
The stoppage occurred because workers were dissatisfied with the level of staffing at the Centre, occasioned by vacation, medical leave and recent retirements, and as a result the Ministry moved immediately to reassign additional personnel to that centre.
In the meanwhile, METVT is assuring all its stakeholders that action is already being taken to ensure that enough workers are in place to guarantee the on-time delivery of meals to schools when classes resume next week.
Ministry of Education, technological and Vocational Training