{"id":959,"date":"2021-12-02T21:04:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/?p=959"},"modified":"2022-06-23T19:29:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:29:07","slug":"press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GS-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GS-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GS-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GS-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GS-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GS-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><b>Marie <\/b><\/mark><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Antoinette Corr-General Secretary, Gambia Teachers&#8217; Union<\/mark><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>A<\/strong>s we approach the conduct of the presidential elections on Saturday 4th<br>December 2021, The Gambia Teachers\u2019 Union hereby urges all teachers<br>and students to participate in this national duty. However, you are all urged<br>to exercise your civic right in tranquility and peace. We must all remember<br>that we owe it to our country and posterity to ensure a peaceful election. As<br>teachers, we have a moral duty to educate our communities on the effects<br>of chaotic elections and its impact on the economy and peaceful co-<br>existence.<br><strong>C<\/strong>onsequently, the Gambia Teachers\u2019 Union encourages all teachers to<br>uphold this moral duty throughout the conduct of the elections and<br>thereafter. As teachers, we must always promote peace and tranquility as<br>no meaningful progress can be attained in the absence of peace.<br><strong>F<\/strong>inally, the National Executive of the Gambia Teachers&#8217; Union urges all<br>teachers, students, education workers and the general public at large to<br>return to their homes after casting their votes and wait for the official<br>results.<br><strong>W<\/strong>e must all remember that we have the future of this nation hung on our<br>shoulders. Collectively, we must ensure that the peace the country is<br>known for is nurtured for posterity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Signed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Marie Antoinette Corr<br>General Secretary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the conduct of the presidential elections on Saturday 4thDecember 2021, The Gambia Teachers\u2019 Union hereby urges all teachersand students to participate in this national duty. However, you are all urgedto exercise your civic right in tranquility and peace. We must all rememberthat we owe it to our country and posterity to ensure &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/press-release\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PRESS RELEASE<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"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":"default","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\/959"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1082,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/1082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtu.gm\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}