Dear Editor,

Educators can’t be teaching our kids and they’re breaking not only Ministry of Education guidelines, but quite possibly the law.

I respect the stance of our education minister and the other officers of that ministry where they set the rules and not the schools setting rules willy-nilly. We have hundreds of schools in Jamaica, imagine each school making its own rules and regulations for everything.

Principals should stop behaving like gods and goddesses, especially when focusing on the minors and not the major issues in schools.

I am for utilising technology, but taking of fingerprints of teachers and students is unacceptable.

This isn’t only a school issue, I strongly believe that whether in the public or private sector the usage of fingerprint scanners on employees should not and must not be allowed.

I don’t have any problems with giving employees swipe cards, asking them to use passwords to log in, or setting up of cameras which will show the times individuals arrive. These are within reason.

No one has considered that fact that based on the traffic woes across the Corporate Area sometimes teachers and students take two or three hours from home to school. The aim cannot be to further punish them; we should be working to help them.

I am not aiming to condone dishonesty and tardiness, but most teachers are always punctual, the the usage of biometrics in schools just to catch the few latecomers is foolishness.

Also, isn’t taking students biometrics in schools unconstitutional?

I might not be a fan of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association and some teachers, but I stand with them in being against this imposition.

Teddylee Gray

Ocho Rios, St Ann

teddylee.gray@gmail.com