Education Ministry Reshuffles Leadership After Teachers’ Protest

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Rosa Greenaway

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The Ministry of Education in Antigua and Barbuda has announced a major leadership change, just a day after teachers ended a weeklong industrial action.

Ena Dalso-Henry, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, has been appointed to lead the Ministry of Education, replacing Rosa Greenaway.

Greenaway has been reassigned to the Ministry of Social Transformation.

The move follows a “work-to-rule” protest by members of the Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers (ABUT), who stopped teaching from 2 to 12 May over unpaid allowances.

Prime Minister Gaston Browne criticised the ministry’s handling of the matter, citing poor communication and delays in processing payments. He said the government remains committed to settling outstanding dues and attributed the delay to administrative hurdles.

Browne also hinted at further shake-ups, stating that officials unable to meet expectations may be reassigned.

The impact of the new leadership and any further changes will be closely watched.

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31 COMMENTS

  2. Was the Public Service Commission involved in this transfer? Enquiring minds would like to know. If not, it may be an illegal move.

  8. RUBBER STAMPING IS THE NEW THING…THE TOP DAWG TALKS AND NOT A POODLE BARK. ALL BOARDS WAITS ON ORDERS FROM THE POLITICAL DIRECTORATE

  9. WHAT THE HELL…! …DISQUIETING MOMENTS: …PM TALK- ‘…BUCK THEM UP…?’

    SOME ‘…DISQUIETING MOMENTS’ FOR THESE ‘PUBLIC OFFICERS.’

    LIKENED TO ARCHIE, ‘…PM TALK ‘…BUCK THEM UP.’

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    ALL THAT IT TOOK:

    ‘…PM’ TO TALK TO ‘…BUCK THEM UP.’

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    DARN LUCKY IT WAS ONLY ‘….BUCK.’

    ***

    WATCH YOUR LIPS, IT IS ‘…BUCK.’

    ***

    WALK GOOD.

  10. That is the problem we have in the government system. People just cannot be fired for poor perfomance. Unlike in the private sector when you fail to perform you are out. You get paid off and that is the end of it. When will this system be changed so that public servants can be held to a higher standard in their job. This is unfair to the people working in the private sector. That is why no one working in the public sector is leaving to go and work in the private sector. They won’t lasgt anyway.

  11. Why the PS?

    What happen to the Director of Education – whom we heard nothing from throughout this mess?

    What happen to the PAS who has direct responsibility for Teachers?

    What happen to the Ryan person who is responsible for overseeing the Accounts Department?

    Yet this woman is removed unceremoniously. We all know the Education Minister in name only was not a fan.

    Lets see how long it takes before he starts complaining about Dalso.

    Hold your head up high Greenaway.

  12. Glad she moved from health because she don’t love nurses and very vindictive and disrespectful. Hope the teachers put her in her place if she violate them.

  13. And as simple as that the problems faced by the ministry of education, including payments to teachers and others are solved. Hey hey hey.

  15. This is so disgusting!!!!
    Has she the power to move the Treasury Dept to issue payments?
    Well someone had to take “one for the team”

  16. @Anonymous ….NEVER GIVE UP!!!!

    ……..Get Friends & Neighbours TO HELP YOU PICKET!!!!! A Person’s LABOUR Is The “sweat of Your Brow/face (by which) you will eat your bread, until you return to clay” — Genesis 3: Vs 19 — These words were used by God to Our FIRST PARENTS …….THIS Must Be Respected by ALL …..

    …… Some Other Actions you can take could include the Following:
    ……Write (get Someone to help you) To the POWERS THAT BE: The CEO/ THE P S/ The MINISTER/ The PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION/ YOUR UNION REPRESENTATIVE ….
    ….. If you get No Response (Get Help to) Make THIS Fact Public; stating the NAMES, POSITIONS, Etc. of The Persons to whom you have written.
    …. Always hand deliver your letters to the Person to whom it is written……Just in case the Person may not be in Office when to take in the Letter, be prepared by having a pre-prepared sheet of paper for the Person receiving the letter on your behalf to sign stating time and date that letter was received. THIS is YOUR PROOF that Your Letter was delivered for the Person intended…

    Always FIGHT for What IS YOURS …..
    This is What Our CREATOR Designated.

    While Doing THIS We Need To OFFER Our EFFORTS to Regain That which has been TAKEN From Us UNFAIRLY To Our Creator God …. THIS Is God’s Design …. God WILL SEND HIS HOLY SPIRIT To Help Us to RETRIEVE That Which God Has DESIGNED To Be RIGHTFULLY Ours!!!

    NEVER GIVE UP …… Your LABOUR is Important To God … Even if your employer May Desire to “Fly in God’s Face” … as Our Elders remind Us …. Your Task is to honour God’s Command And DEMAND Your Just REWARD For THE SWEAT OF YOUR BROW/FACE!

    This is the Least You can Do ….. then Leave the REST (and the Persons involved) to The MERCY Of God!!
    Peace! 🌻😇🙏🏿💞🇦🇬

  17. Good up to now they can’t pay me for my other 4 weeks after I wasn’t payed for 7 weeks,they have me going back and forth between them and Treasury until I just gave up.

  21. This reshuffle is clearly a political response to public outrage, not a long-term solution. The real issue is chronic underinvestment in education and weak internal systems not just who’s sitting in the Permanent Secretary’s chair.

  22. @Rhea, I would love to see the findings of that audit. I have never heard of auditing operations ever done for government departments/ministries in Antigua and Barbuda. All ever heard is financial auditing of government.

  23. This administrative shakeup feels more like damage control than genuine reform. Moving one Permanent Secretary to another ministry without addressing the underlying bureaucratic inefficiencies won’t fix education. The government is reacting to public pressure rather than proactively managing the sector. If the Prime Minister is serious about accountability, we need a full audit of the Ministry’s operations and transparent timelines for resolving the teachers’ grievances.

  24. Change was long overdue. Let’s hope Mrs. Dalso-Henry brings the urgency and leadership we need in the education sector.

  27. The past week of turmoil between teachers and Government was bound to bring about changes. There was almost an obligation for there to be faces of accountability coming out of all this. Governments cannot fulfill their roles if citizens don’t trust government employees to make and take decisions that serves the best interest of the community. Even the appearance of questionable behaviour can hurt and damage public trust. The axe came down on the Education Permanent Secretary.

  29. So since the f up took place at that level why the teachers were blamed for taking action bunch of stinking hypocrites

  30. Great move. A full dose of castor oil was necessary! Mrs Henry should do well at Education. Mre. Greenaway should do at HOME.

  31. I think this is a good move. Actually, I think they should be rotated within their fields of education. New eyes, new blood, new passions.

    P.s. If the good lady did something wrong or dropped the ball, maybe she should woman-up and offer an apology.

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