GATE - Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses

[Habit7]

GATE should be contingent on first doing a year of national service.

[metalgear2095]

Chippy you ain't sheit. No degree and working uwi. You not making any money worth talking about. Get some ambition

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

GATE should be contingent on first doing a year of national service.

To implement that you might need a slight dictator I suspect.

[chippy]

Chippy you ain't sheit. No degree and working uwi. You not making any money worth talking about. Get some ambition

And you must be some kinna crack_head psychic...
You predicted: I have no degree & and my salary is not substantial
Well my powers not as good as yours; but here's my prediction: metalgear2095, You iz an @$$...

[metalgear2095]

It is clear that education has thought you nothing. A lot of people here probably make your chump salary in a week
$7080 in fees. Must be a chump degree.

[nervewrecker]

Pios what are your views on dem Costaatt public servants.

Fire all of them and hire people who really need the work and willing to work.

[Slartibartfast]

GATE should be contingent on first doing a year of national service.

To implement that you might need a slight dictator I suspect.

Not really. Of ppl want gate they do it if they don't want gate they dont do it. What ot will need is good management and enforcement from the start so you don't have people getting through with gate and then being surprised a couple years later when they being called back to fulfil their part of the contract and coming on tuner and making a thread about it.

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

GATE should be contingent on first doing a year of national service.

To implement that you might need a slight dictator I suspect.

Not really. Of ppl want gate they do it if they don't want gate they dont do it. What ot will need is good management and enforcement from the start so you don't have people getting through with gate and then being surprised a couple years later when they being called back to fulfil their part of the contract and coming on tuner and making a thread about it.

National service introduction would go over smoothly with the population?

[pioneer]

Pios what are your views on dem Costaatt public servants.

From what I hear Cabinet put a freeze/hold on all new clerical (clerk, typists etc) and manipulative (driver, messenger, cleaner etc) appointments. So those who think they could barely pass CXC and expect ah permanent guvament wukk, think again. It have no wukk for dem anymore. Many people in the upcoming months will get send home cuz they would not be able to keep them on due to Cabinet's mandate. Those who determined to be clerks/drivers etc, would have to register with Ministry of Labor for short term employment.

It's the first phase in reforming the service. Clerk I-IV will no longer exist, the replacement positions would require a first degree from a recognized institution.

This is a good move, plenty free tertiary education and people not using it. It's time to get a return on the investment and cut off the waste. It's part of moving towards a technologically advanced and educated society. This 5 CXC ting would only be good for police and chips fryers.

PNM couldn't even think of that in 40 years.

[nervewrecker]

Send home gubment workers you saying dey yunno.

Now I see why they buying armored vehicles.

And now I see why it have no clerk I's

[pioneer]

One's who inside already unaffected, but those who just come to replace man who gone on VL getting send back home.

[pioneer]

People who in long term vacancies not affected, is if the person revert then you in chit.

And seein how is no longer automatic promotion/appointment, everything is exam/interview now so you could very well have people reverting back to clerk I eh.

Man jus hadda degree up and wait patiently.

[nervewrecker]

Steups, I say fossils going home.

But pios, some of those new ones coming in with bachelors degree. Had one doing her masters, is them self might be getting hired back.
Those fossils not even computer literate so no degreeing taking place in a hurry. Is them need to go!

Service com keeps saying they have no clerk I's

[Ted_v2]

Quick question.

If you don't pay back gate what would they do?

[nervewrecker]

Nuffin

[Ted_v2]

Sweet Trinidad

[pioneer]

Yeah nuffin, jus leave dat dey.

[Habit7]

GATE should be contingent on first doing a year of national service.

To implement that you might need a slight dictator I suspect.

Not really. Of ppl want gate they do it if they don't want gate they dont do it. What ot will need is good management and enforcement from the start so you don't have people getting through with gate and then being surprised a couple years later when they being called back to fulfil their part of the contract and coming on tuner and making a thread about it.

National service introduction would go over smoothly with the population?

Singapore's national service goes over quite well because they had an autocratic leader since independence. We need a govt that would sacrifice themselves not for advantageous constitution reform, but nation building changes.

[pioneer]

Trinidad needs a dictator for at least 15-20 years to fix the dotishness here.

I have no problem if KPB is that dictator.

[mitch1980]

Pios what are your views on dem Costaatt public servants.

From what I hear Cabinet put a freeze/hold on all new clerical (clerk, typists etc) and manipulative (driver, messenger, cleaner etc) appointments. So those who think they could barely pass CXC and expect ah permanent guvament wukk, think again. It have no wukk for dem anymore. Many people in the upcoming months will get send home cuz they would not be able to keep them on due to Cabinet's mandate. Those who determined to be clerks/drivers etc, would have to register with Ministry of Labor for short term employment.

It's the first phase in reforming the service. Clerk I-IV will no longer exist, the replacement positions would require a first degree from a recognized institution.

This is a good move, plenty free tertiary education and people not using it. It's time to get a return on the investment and cut off the waste. It's part of moving towards a technologically advanced and educated society. This 5 CXC ting would only be good for police and chips fryers.

PNM couldn't even think of that in 40 years.

this makes al ot of sense feel doing bare minimum guarantees a job for life
too many ple feel they can get buy in life without hard work...govt job , hdc house, and food cards etc.

make ple work for jobs make it worthy for studying and getting the results.

[Slartibartfast]

We need a govt that would sacrifice themselves not for advantageous constitution reform, but nation building changes.

This may only be possible if the entire government was thrown out. Because any honest person that goes in will either made corrupt or kicked back out.

Also, politicians have it backwards down here, they supposed to minister first and then govern after.

[1UZFE]

Persons should be made to repay 1/4 or 1/2 of there GATE fees within 5yrs of acheiving the degree..

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

Persons should be made to repay 1/4 or 1/2 of there GATE fees within 5yrs of acheiving the degree..

I think you are supposed to work in Trinidad after getting your degree for 3 years at least as a form of payment. That's how it was for me using GATE for my 1st degree.

[TheOwnerPO]

i have to pay back 6500

[1UZFE]

Persons should be made to repay 1/4 or 1/2 of there GATE fees within 5yrs of acheiving the degree..

I think you are supposed to work in Trinidad after getting your degree for 3 years at least as a form of payment. That's how it was for me using GATE for my 1st degree.

How much persons are actaully doin that. Also if the financial burden is the problem then there should be financial repayments to fill the void.
Then again is poor management overall.

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

Persons should be made to repay 1/4 or 1/2 of there GATE fees within 5yrs of acheiving the degree..

I think you are supposed to work in Trinidad after getting your degree for 3 years at least as a form of payment. That's how it was for me using GATE for my 1st degree.

How much persons are actaully doin that. Also if the financial burden is the problem then there should be financial repayments to fill the void.
Then again is poor management overall.

I wouldn't assume most run away either without looking at figures.

If I had to guess based on the graduates from my class I would say most actually stayed in Trinidad.

[nervewrecker]

i have to pay back 6500

How?

[dougla_boy]

u know u cud call GATE and speak to them inno....they eh so harsh with regards to repayment.....

[zoom rader]

Pios what are your views on dem Costaatt public servants.

From what I hear Cabinet put a freeze/hold on all new clerical (clerk, typists etc) and manipulative (driver, messenger, cleaner etc) appointments. So those who think they could barely pass CXC and expect ah permanent guvament wukk, think again. It have no wukk for dem anymore. Many people in the upcoming months will get send home cuz they would not be able to keep them on due to Cabinet's mandate. Those who determined to be clerks/drivers etc, would have to register with Ministry of Labor for short term employment.

It's the first phase in reforming the service. Clerk I-IV will no longer exist, the replacement positions would require a first degree from a recognized institution.

This is a good move, plenty free tertiary education and people not using it. It's time to get a return on the investment and cut off the waste. It's part of moving towards a technologically advanced and educated society. This 5 CXC ting would only be good for police and chips fryers.

PNM couldn't even think of that in 40 years.

It's good that they raised the bar. The public service even with non pnm governments had a habit of only employing PNM ppl into positions that they don't fit.
PNM made sure and created an entire PNM institution for PS and armed forces.
Slowly this is eroding away and better equal opportunities are coming on stream with a highly educated population.

[PapaC]

u know u cud call GATE and speak to them inno....they eh so harsh with regards to repayment.....

Spent awhile trying to call GATE. was advised to go to the office physically. Their line was always busy. Or inundated with calls.