{"id":1302,"date":"2022-10-05T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2022-10-13T13:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T13:49:22","slug":"gtu-observes-world-teachers-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/gtu-observes-world-teachers-day-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"GTU OBSERVES WORLD TEACHERS DAY 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">The Gambia Teachers\u2019 Union on Wednesday October 5, 2022, joins the rest of the world to observe World Teachers Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8370-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8370-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8370-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8370-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8370-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8370-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>WTD 2022 CELEBRANTS<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">The day set aside by the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization-UNESCO, seeks to celebrate the efforts of teachers as well bring to light their plight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">The theme for this year is \u201cTransformation of Education Begins with Teachers\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">In observance of the day, the GTU rolls out regional commemorations in the seven education regions in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8475-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8475-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8475-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8475-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8475-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8475-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>GS-Antoinette Corr<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">Delivering her statement to mark the day, the General Secretary GTU, Marie Antoinette Corr, celebrates the strides of Gambian teachers. She calls for more investment in education including renumerating teachers accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe are not begging, we are asking for what belongs to us\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8508-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8508-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8508-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8508-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8508-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_8508-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>President-Ismaila S. Ceesay<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">The President of the Union, Ismaila S. Ceesay, equally calls on government to prioritize teachers\u2019 welfare. He says the theme for the year is apt as indeed transformation of education cannot be realistic in the absence of teachers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gambia Teachers\u2019 Union on Wednesday October 5, 2022, joins the rest of the world to observe World Teachers Day. The day set aside by the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization-UNESCO, seeks to celebrate the efforts of teachers as well bring to light their plight. The theme for this year is \u201cTransformation of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/gtu-observes-world-teachers-day-2022\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GTU OBSERVES WORLD TEACHERS DAY 2022<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1306,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions\/1306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}