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MG Man wrote:sat is an embarrassment
Strauss wrote:Sat is about RELIGION above race.
It just so happens that Hindus are all of east indian decent. So if he only wants HINDU staff and students, it can only mean he wants indians.
So is it really that he has a problem with non-indians? Or non-hindus?
Strauss wrote:Sat is about RELIGION above race.
It just so happens that Hindus are all of east indian decent. So if he only wants HINDU staff and students, it can only mean he wants indians.
So is it really that he has a problem with non-indians? Or non-hindus?
sinistersam wrote:there is always two sides to the story, and fortunately i also happen to know the other side. if anyone visits the school they would obviously notice that the alegations that the principal was making wasn't true, cause there is indeed a mixture of ethnic groups that attend the school. from what i know the principle had alot of issues with the staff and the PTA, she conducted her duties there in a dictatorship style. the teachers made numerous complaints to the board and when the SDMS board realised what a mistake they made by placing her there as principle decided to move her to another school. this didn't go to well, as the principal didn't want to be moved, mainly cause this particular school was one of SDMS "prestigue" schools.
so she fabricated alot of her allegations to create a defence and gather sympathy from the public.
Scoobert Bauce wrote:Sat is not for Indian ppl eh... He is for HINDUS, He dont give two shyts about an Indian Muslim, or an Indian anything that isnt Hindu... get alyuh facts straight
No racial bias at Hindu School
Friday 11th November, 2011
The Leader of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha, Mr Sat Maharaj, says the reports carried in Friday's daily newspapers about alleged racial bias at the Tunapuna Hindu School are false, and the words of the now dismissed Principal are lies.
Mr Maharaj was front page news on Friday because of allegations by the now former Principal that non East Indian children were being excluded from the school.
The report stemmed from a Parliamentary contribution made on Wednesday night by PNM MP, Mrs Patricia McIntosh, who said the Maha Sabha sought to exclude non East Indian On The Job Trainees who were sent by the Education Ministry to work at the school. In August 2011, the TNT Mirror also carried an article which made similar allegations against the religious body that runs the Tunapuna Hindu School.
Mr Maharaj furnished reporters with a number of private correspondences that involved Principal Sita Gajadharsingh, the Maha Sabha Board, and the Teaching Service Commission. Those letters speak of issues concerning the Principal's performance. However, Mr Maharaj said the Teaching Service Commission was contacted, and due to make a decision next week - but he accused the Opposition PNM of jumping the gun.
"Rather than wait for the agencies to come to their decision, they have made a political football out of this issue."
With respect to the allegations reported in the newspapers, Mr Maharaj said at no point were non East Indian children excluded from the Maha Sabha schooling system.
"Totally false, it's a lie."
The head of the Maha Sabha also noted that Dr Tim Gopeesingh responded in Parliament to MP Patricia McIntosh's allegations on Wednesday during his contribution. Mr Maharaj said the Minister had informed Parliament that the ex-Principal should have approached the Ministry of Education first in seeking a transfer.
nemisis wrote:DevilZ wrote:but seriously if yuh not a member of a certain religion y u goin to a religious school for? even if is to teach. I went to a religous school even though i had no particular beliefs or anything an i thought it was a pain in the ass with all the religious bullsauce they try to feed u...i have no problem with hindu schools for hindus...rc schools for rc folks etc... and non-denominational schools for the rest[/quote
Once the school private by all means go ahead.
AN OUTRIGHT LIE
Sat denies instructing principal not to allow black children in school
By Renuka Singh
Story Created: Nov 11, 2011 at 11:59 PM ECT
Story Updated: Nov 11, 2011 at 11:59 PM ECT
Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) general secretary Satnarine Maharaj said yesterday he was being vilified as a "black hater" by the media and the People's National Movement (PNM) in order to sell papers and buy votes.
Maharaj was speaking at an impromptu press conference to discuss the lockout of principal Sita Gajadharsingh-Nanga at the Tunapuna Hindu School last month.
In Parliament on Wednesday night, PNM MP Patricia McIntosh produced a letter from Gajadharsingh-Nanga to the Teaching Service Commission in which she charged that Maharaj had told her not to admit black children in the school.
Maharaj yesterday pulled out copies of the parliamentary Hansard and private correspondence detailing the list of issues that led to the lock out, and took offence to his alleged racist role in the matter.
"The PNM have nothing better to do?" he asked.
Maharaj noted that three other denominational schools removed principals from their schools and it did not create this level of political interference, but said he was now a "good political topic".
"I have become a political football," Maharaj said.
He said the SDMS education board supported Gajadharsingh-Nanga's removal.
"I do not need help from any politician, Opposition or Government," he said.
"They (PNM) believe they could grind the Maha Sabha in the dust. Not ten like (Opposition Leader Dr Keith) Rowley and his colleagues, they have tried it for the last 20 years. Left to the PNM the Maha Sabha would not be in existence," Maharaj said.
"Every time Rowley open his mouth, he put his foot into it. This is political propaganda," he said.
Maharaj said though it was a "Hindu school" it was supported not by the Government, but by the taxpayers of the country.
"Don't try to use the big stick saying that you funding anything. You not funding nothing," Maharaj said.
He said he wrote a letter to House Speaker Wade Mark, asking that "their side" of the matter be aired in Parliament as the reports coming out "were biased".
With regard to the alleged demand by the SDMS to turn away no Indian and non-Hindu pupils, Maharaj produced the Annual Statistical Return from the Ministry of Education, which details the race and religion of pupils in schools.
He said the Hindu figure was only higher at the Tunapuna school because of the heavy Hindu population in the area.
"This is a Hindu catchment area. If you go to Laventille, you think you will find a large number of Indians or Hindus in those schools?" he asked.
"It's a straight case of where you are living, you wouldn't find no Indian child in Laventille and no negro child in Felicity Hindu because of the population," he said.
Maharaj said the reports stating that he called for the removal of non-Indian On-the-Job trainees and pupils from the school were "an outright lie".
He said the two complaints filed against Gajadharsingh-Nanga were based on moral and religious grounds.
"The regulations are quite clear. This is a Hindu school," he said, adding that the regulations allowed for a teacher or principal to be removed on the grounds of "unsatisfactory religious persuasion".
He said at all the SDMS schools, pupils are taught the different Hindu prayers for the various times of day, but at the Tunapuna Hindu, Gajadharsingh-Nanga did not institute those lessons at the infant class level.
Maharaj said the school also took a strong line on the dress code and did not allow parents, teachers or visitors to dress inappropriately. He said the principal installed a secretary who did not abide by those codes.
"When I come here I could see her (secretary) panty-lines. Very visible. Not in a school. Nobody tell me that. I saw it," Maharaj said.
Maharaj said instead of doing anything about the violation, Gajadharsingh-Nanga removed the dress code sign.
Gajadharsingh-Nanga, in a briefly telephone interview yesterday, said she was bound to silence by the rules of the Ministry of Education until the matter was investigated.
However, a source close to her said that Maharaj had asked Gajadharsingh-Nanga to remove some of the non-Indian children at the school.
The source said the principal has evidence that Maharaj demanded she act according to his wishes and in the two years that she was at the school they clashed on several issues, including his demand to not admit non-Indians into the school.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/AN_ ... 28448.html
Scoobert Bauce wrote:Sat is not for Indian ppl eh... He is for HINDUS, He dont give two shyts about an Indian Muslim, or an Indian anything that isnt Hindu... get alyuh facts straight
SR wrote:^^^^
this
try going to a catholic school an see if they give a sheit about non catholics
yuh eh hear nobody complainin bout dem ent
civic minded wrote:Truth is , sat is a known racist, and I honestly wish he was removed as secretary general of the sdms. That's why this story is so believable. You should of heard power102 yesterday - all the talkshows, preaching fire and brimstone on Sat and Hindus whole day.
sinistersam wrote:there is always two sides to the story, and fortunately i also happen to know the other side. if anyone visits the school they would obviously notice that the alegations that the principle was making wasn't true, cause there is indeed a mixture of ethnic groups that attend the school. from what i know the principle had alot of issues with the staff and the PTA, she conducted her duties there in a dictatorship style. the teachers made numerous complaints to the board and when the SDMS board realised what a mistake they made by placing her there as principle decided to move her to another school. this didn't go to well, as the principal didn't want to be moved, mainly cause this particular school was one of SDMS "prestigue" schools.
so she fabricated alot of her allegations to create a defence and gather sympathy from the public.
Habit7 wrote:AN OUTRIGHT LIE
Sat denies instructing principal not to allow black children in school
By Renuka Singh
Story Created: Nov 11, 2011 at 11:59 PM ECT
Story Updated: Nov 11, 2011 at 11:59 PM ECT
Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) general secretary Satnarine Maharaj said yesterday he was being vilified as a "black hater" by the media and the People's National Movement (PNM) in order to sell papers and buy votes.
Maharaj was speaking at an impromptu press conference to discuss the lockout of principal Sita Gajadharsingh-Nanga at the Tunapuna Hindu School last month.
In Parliament on Wednesday night, PNM MP Patricia McIntosh produced a letter from Gajadharsingh-Nanga to the Teaching Service Commission in which she charged that Maharaj had told her not to admit black children in the school.
Maharaj yesterday pulled out copies of the parliamentary Hansard and private correspondence detailing the list of issues that led to the lock out, and took offence to his alleged racist role in the matter.
"The PNM have nothing better to do?" he asked.
Maharaj noted that three other denominational schools removed principals from their schools and it did not create this level of political interference, but said he was now a "good political topic".
"I have become a political football," Maharaj said.
He said the SDMS education board supported Gajadharsingh-Nanga's removal.
"I do not need help from any politician, Opposition or Government," he said.
"They (PNM) believe they could grind the Maha Sabha in the dust. Not ten like (Opposition Leader Dr Keith) Rowley and his colleagues, they have tried it for the last 20 years. Left to the PNM the Maha Sabha would not be in existence," Maharaj said.
"Every time Rowley open his mouth, he put his foot into it. This is political propaganda," he said.
Maharaj said though it was a "Hindu school" it was supported not by the Government, but by the taxpayers of the country.
"Don't try to use the big stick saying that you funding anything. You not funding nothing," Maharaj said.
He said he wrote a letter to House Speaker Wade Mark, asking that "their side" of the matter be aired in Parliament as the reports coming out "were biased".
With regard to the alleged demand by the SDMS to turn away no Indian and non-Hindu pupils, Maharaj produced the Annual Statistical Return from the Ministry of Education, which details the race and religion of pupils in schools.
He said the Hindu figure was only higher at the Tunapuna school because of the heavy Hindu population in the area.
"This is a Hindu catchment area. If you go to Laventille, you think you will find a large number of Indians or Hindus in those schools?" he asked.
"It's a straight case of where you are living, you wouldn't find no Indian child in Laventille and no negro child in Felicity Hindu because of the population," he said.
Maharaj said the reports stating that he called for the removal of non-Indian On-the-Job trainees and pupils from the school were "an outright lie".
He said the two complaints filed against Gajadharsingh-Nanga were based on moral and religious grounds.
"The regulations are quite clear. This is a Hindu school," he said, adding that the regulations allowed for a teacher or principal to be removed on the grounds of "unsatisfactory religious persuasion".
He said at all the SDMS schools, pupils are taught the different Hindu prayers for the various times of day, but at the Tunapuna Hindu, Gajadharsingh-Nanga did not institute those lessons at the infant class level.
Maharaj said the school also took a strong line on the dress code and did not allow parents, teachers or visitors to dress inappropriately. He said the principal installed a secretary who did not abide by those codes.
"When I come here I could see her (secretary) panty-lines. Very visible. Not in a school. Nobody tell me that. I saw it," Maharaj said.
Maharaj said instead of doing anything about the violation, Gajadharsingh-Nanga removed the dress code sign.
Gajadharsingh-Nanga, in a briefly telephone interview yesterday, said she was bound to silence by the rules of the Ministry of Education until the matter was investigated.
However, a source close to her said that Maharaj had asked Gajadharsingh-Nanga to remove some of the non-Indian children at the school.
The source said the principal has evidence that Maharaj demanded she act according to his wishes and in the two years that she was at the school they clashed on several issues, including his demand to not admit non-Indians into the school.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/AN_ ... 28448.html
EFFECTIC DESIGNS wrote:Allyuh do realize that Sat does hire only Hindus for obvious reasons.
