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| Surinamese students demand an end to teacher strike |
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| Wednesday, 07 May 2008 | |
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Hundreds of high school students took to the streets of Suriname's capital, Paramaribo, on Wednesday demanding an
immediate resolution to the ongoing strike by teachers. The students, carrying placards and chanting slogans, gathered outside the building where government ministers were meeting for their regular Cabinet meeting and later marched through the capital disrupting traffic. They said that the strike by the teachers would affect their final exams due in a couple of weeks. There were minor skirmishes between students and riot police, but Justice Minister Chandrikapersad Santokhi said the lawmen had been given specific instructions not to use force on the students. Vice-President Ram Sardjoe told students that the government was seeking to end the teachers' strike for higher salaries which is into its second week. |