Different approach needed to settle disputes - Sir Kenneth Hall

Chairman of  the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission, Sir Kenneth Hall, is recommending a different approach to settling internal disputes at tertiary level institutions.      

Sir Kenneth, who is a former Principal of  the University of  the West Indies, Mona campus, made the recommendation in light of  the dispute between staff  and the administration of  the University of  Technology (UTECH).
“I recommend to all parties, the principles to which we adopted, we are part of the same institution, we will settle our disputes internally ..….the point that I am emphasizing is that UTECH is too important to be simply focused on its divisions,”
He said this approach  worked while he was Principal at the UWI.

Unions which represent staff at UTECH, on Wednesday gave Minister of  Education Ronald Thwaites, seven days to take action in response to reports of  poor governance at the institution.
    
However, Thwaites says due process must be followed and urged the unions to take a non-confrontational approach to the matter.