PNP: Teacher Migration is a National Crisis | Hurricane Centre Eyes System in Central Atlantic 

If Nigel doing it why can’t the teacher do it ?

Having teachers from a different country is not the best solution. I had one in high school and the students payed him no mind cause we couldn't understand his accent and you could see the visible frustration, a small group of us made it look like we were learning to don't make him feel bad

Especially America always want the best out of Jamaica to help build their country.🇯🇲

All not coming back 😮 never 👎 😮 never 👎 we need to let go of both PNP N JLP . Too long now ✋ Jamaica 🇯🇲 not getting any better.

I know some Jamaican teachers that went to the US to teach. US teachers gone to Saudi Arabia or SE Asia for better pay. Why don't they just pay more, or build housing as part of the contract? Teachers hold the most valuable position in any country!

The brain drain has never stopped in Jamaica, & unfortunately never will, not only among teachers but in all professions. 'The more things change, the more they remain the same.' I remember from 1993 a medical technician lamenting the fact that Jamaica was only training its lab techs & nurses to go abroad as out of a group of 18 that she was training, only 2 said they were staying in Jamaica, after their compulsory service. Sadly, in every profession, Jamaica has lost some of her very best. We pay lip service to our people & even pay some so-called consultants from overseas who at times are not half as qualified & as competent as we are to teach us what they don't know.

Jamaicans teachers need to be treated better.🇯🇲

Here in Canada, some Canadian born teahers ( not only teaching) are leaving the classroom too, stress, kids that dont have any manners, etc etc... then its the same nonsense, instead of making retention better, they recruite 😂😂.

For such a small country..its a shame that jamaica have to import teachers. Shame!!

Pays Jamaica teachers good wages and let them stay,

We should not be recruiting international teachers period. Provide better paid package and compensation.

26 fortnights in a year, pay the Teachers fortnightly and move away from monthly payments. As a result of this, Teachers will have more control over their own money and are less likely to face financial hardship throughout the month. SIMPLE

Are the students going to school to learn or waste time? What’s the problem here. Them and them parents want to fight off the teachers.

Government fi pay more money to the teacher.cause he want the best result for the children and the teacher got children's and bill to pay

Faith in God will move mountains and righteousness will prevail don't be deterred from doing that which is right 🙏 🙌

Nobody could be mad at the teachers. The state of Jamaica is horrible. I have a piece of land, and if I could migrate the land, I would because criminals and guns are running Jamaica. You can't run a business in peace without extortion

Its high time the government realize far too many of our high school students leaving school with no subject, no skill, no trade. It is a hugh problem for our country that has been overlooked by the policy makers. It is full time Heart Trust skill and trade program be implemented in all the high schools, so the students who are not academic sauvy could learn a skill or trade while in high school. Leaving with there Heart certificate, which is something valuable at home and abroad in the working world.

Yes let Andrew and his wife teach them run Jamaicans teacher run it’s a shame on the government only them Alone must live and eat well while u guys suffering to even pay bills every teacher should own a home Teachers are the head of Jamaica 🇯🇲 and for that I must say respect to all teachers I love you . But keep doing the good work even though we know it’s hard again thanks to all teachers

Pay the teachers more..

If you were taking care of your teachers would they be leaving??????????? My mother was a teacher her and my sister is a teacher. She just took an offer overseas. For years she was an advocate for staying in Jamaica. Only to find the same rubbish happening with my mother STILL happening with the Ministry of Education and its complete disregard and disrespect of the education system and Jamaican educators. My sister made the decision to leave and I don’t blame her.

So pay the teachers the money they so deserve; to bring this country forward, for the people, Mr Minister and Mr Prime Minister!!

If they going to bring in teachers from other countries they will have to pay those teachers in foreign currency mainly US $ ,so why can't they paid the Jamaican teachers.

I would love to hear the PNP's plans to stem the migration of teachers, nurses etc. Please, share them with us. Based on their utterances, the outflow will cease when they become the government. Furthermore, it appears there was no migration when they formed the government.

USA also has teaching shortage, so train more teacher assistants and a short course for Substitute Teachers. Train all teachers for free with a 3 year contract, so you always have a supply of teachers!

We should do what we can to keep her our teachers here in Jamaica.

Prime Minister take the hospitals,schools,police’s and soldiers should be top of the list.

Cuban teachers who does not speak English...this is a shame

Let them go. It isnt restricted to Jamaica. Them too political. Let them go. When unoo usually get wage freeze no one was leaving.

Jamaican government don't want to pay their own, but willing to recruiting teachers from overseas and pay them fairly smh...

Jamaican teachers are the best 🇯🇲

No body can't stop them right now me want to migrate

I reside in Florida and in touch with some Jamaican teachers here. These teachers are part of a new type of slavery. The terms of their contracts seem to lack much for their professional and personal welfare.

With God help Jamaica will rise above 🇯🇲

PLS COUNTRIES MUST PAID REPUTATIONS TO JAMAICA 🇯🇲 🙏 FOR REPUTATION OF STARS 🌟 🤩 ✨️ 🙏 😫 😢

Minster of education needs to go home home please do Jamaica a favour and resign

Teacher them tired of the gunman and gungyal ina uniform a jamaica

The reason why the teachers are leaving, is because the government, not paying the teachers the salaries they so post to get,🤔💯💰💲

I love my Country 🇯🇲 Jamaica.

My brother run gone long time😭😭🫵🏿 . But most of his friends gone to 😮😮

For God love Jamaica is not the first . Police ,teachers,doctors,civilian ,nurses, freedom. Every poor country running to rich country .

What upsets me about the Jamaican government, they act like these are new problems. They been happening for decades now. They’ve done nothing to remedy the situation.

Fayval tek my advise pack yr bags n go

Government must pay the teacher and police officer and soldiers .they need pay. They are doing hard jobs . the government must look out for those working people.

Teachers are leaving Jamaica for the USA and teachers in the USA are leaving the classroom due to low salary :

Why are principals just seeking teachers to fill vacancies at this time.

Well, let me tell all Jamaicans this. The teachers and nurses who come England worse than how they were in Jamaica. Teachers are earning £2600. A one room flat cost £1500 with bills. Childcare is £400 per child. Food for one person is almost £200. Transportation not included. Not to mention going to charity shops to furnish your house. When dem deh a Jamaica bills never did a kill dem. Yes, dem over yah a live from hand to mouth.

Poor Jamaican children ! Can you imagine understanding the accents of these foreign teachers when you are a child or if you’re simply struggling in Mathematics.

Its a pity a child at 11 to 12 has to focus so much on academics and less on other activities and we dont see anything wrong with it.

The government was wasting money when he should be paying the teachers so they could help our future generation of children. Now, our teachers have to be migrating because of better wages

Jamaican teachers are the best. I support the teachers retention plan. Increase their salaries and give Jamaican teachers land and housing. They deserve the best.

It's not now that teachers are migrating! That was the reason why Edward Seaga put cess on graduates! Teachers had to serve a number of years before they could migrate. Teachers believe that the grass is greener here in the US, but the cost of living is high here also especially rent. Discipline is out the window! Teachers better think before they act!

Every year when school a go open uno come up with the same rubbish. Enough a uno.😅

The government need to try and fix the crime and violence situation, that’s a big reason for migration of all sectors

Our children gonna have it difficult to learn base on thr difference in their accent. Am a adult and i find it hard to fully understand Cubans and Guyanese speak

The migration start when pnp was im power ...wat did they do ?

During the PNPs reign teachers only could receive single digit raises apart from the aligning of public sector workers to the private sector therefore both parties do not recognized the teachers. Younger teachers will never settle here because people are not getting visas to go overseas as they have a mind to so the minute we get the opportunity to move we will. Our curriculum and methods of teaching is too difficult over working the teachers which is totally different from most overseas countries.

The teachers who will be coming to Jamaica have to be acomedated and paid adequately,why not use that founds to topup our own teachers?

Hey Andrew Pay the teachers livable wages and they will stay..

Jamaican teachers are attracted to the opportunities to migrate abroad, they are lured with better monetary benefits and so Jamaica now as to make them want to stay here. I for one do not agree with them leaving their country children to suffer, while they go educate other countries children.

SO SAD 😭

The teachers are leaving / migrating because the government isn't paying them well plus some parents and students have no regards and respect for them. Most of the teachers seems unsafe too as most of them are threatened by persons when they're too strict or punish students.

The short sighted politicians saw 200 percent increase to their salary and said its to retain talents alas mediocre results. Why the educators not compensated to retain their talents. Other countries value our teachers though.

Cut your salary and pay the teachers …..

Seriously its a shame we would love if more interest would show to Education

Every country teachers, nurses and the rest are migrating to other countries unuh a gwaan like a Jamaica alone don't know what wrong with Denise Crawford

The student population is shrinking every year, Jamaicans are having less children, how come nobody is talking about that?

Pay jamaican teachers better that all and we stay

That bothers me; instead of trying to retain our teachers the government is trying to recruit foreign teachers.

Some of these teachers who migrate they dont go in school to teach they do two or three jobs for the day to meet their demands

I believe that Jamaican teachers need some more benefits from the government.

This is what happens when government prioritizes itself over the future of the country.

Why don’t the cabinet ministers donate a part of the exorbitant pay raise toward a pay increase for teachers

The living condition in Jamaica is DEPLORABLE who wouldn't ran away

It is a disgrace to our country teachers are leaving Jamaica why low wages shame on our country

I recall Michael made education a priority for the growth of the land

Education Minister communication on issues like these to the public is a joke !..

Have you ever tried to find out why other countries are importing teachers."some of them are more desperate than Jamaica

The " teacher migration crisis" is just political crap talking as usual. Jamaicans as a people has always been migrating for work or a better way of life. As far back as you can imagine. Jamaicans even went to Liberia after slavery for a Better life in Africa. Jamaica has a these things called teaching colleges or schools for teachers, how about... making it easier for anyone interested to become a teacher and facilitate on the job training, then allowing anyone who wants go work free passage and the countries blessing on their new life. We have lots of people who need jobs. We have the Student loan bureau who can help pay for their training. This is simple but, as usual the politicians blame everyone else. The politicians are standing there in all their glory, blaming someone for wanting better and working for it. Nuff respect and big up to all the teachers, we would all be dunce bats and kruff if it wasn't for your hard work and dedication. Put 2 and 2 together, and you see why the politicians don't like the teachers.

Technology will soon replace humans, sad

What a name duppy maker, ok u soon turn duppy too, duppy Maker

My say is this even if the government pay teacher, nurse or police 10 million dollars per month them till a go away go a foreign country why because them love foreign country than their own country most people if them no go a foreign or live there.. they believe that part of your life is gone.. and after when they go live for sometimes them a complain how foreign a now bed a rose.

But why not meet the teachers demands in your country instead of teachers coming in let it make sense.i dont understand that

If 50% of Jamaica teaches go away it would better for Jamaican education system the pnp doing it to hurt the rolling party but if we get some Indian maths teaches to teaches Jamaica with some American and British teaches the Jamaican kids go listen to them better than our own teaches we I like that take a better listen to foreign people that us we no is tru I want the government to get the Chinese and Indian teach maths all the Jamaican teaches that gone anywhere them gone those kids listen to them better than them own

When pnp a rule teachers was migrating too

If and when you get in power it will be no different

Are most students in Jamaica thought in regular English or Patois? The question pertains to the foreign teachers and their capacity for effective communication with the students.

POLITICIANS NEED TO LIVE IN THE AREA THEY REPRESENTS I BET YOU THEY WONT LIVE IN TIVOLI GARDEN OR JUNGLE THEY MP.

I am proud of these children 🎉❤🎉

If I were a teacher & gotten a opportunity to teach elsewhere, I would gladly take it ofc, can u blame them? With the chicken feed they r being payed+ barely any benefits to better themselves, smh!

The amount of teachers I know in Canada leave their job in Jamaica and not working some of them need to think first

Pay them good and let them sign 5 years contract.. no work permit visa during contract period

Many principals having nightmare because of their many unfilled positions but their mouths are zipped

We don't want them

ramp up the teacher programe at our universities to have practical training while at universities so they can hit the ground running.

If the students cant understand these foreing teachers isnt the faluire rate of the jamaican children going to skyrocket?

Alot of teachers left jamaica to come overseas to teach but its not much different from working in jamaica..the pay might be more here but more bills to pay

Remove the PM now

Can't say I blame the teachers. The government does need to do more. Sadly, however, I think many are entering the teaching profession as a means to obtain visas to go elsewhere anyway.

What I believe the money they use to employ teachers from a broad could help to increase teachers salary also Nurses salary otherwise Jamaica are going to continue to stay at the bottom by not making the right decision

Its sad...