A number of administrative staff members of the Dominica State College will be in the job market very soon as the institution’s recently appointed president Dr. Donald Peters announced his intention to continue downsizing.
Yesterday he spoke of the challenges facing the school in getting “the administration to be in sync with the work that the people of Dominica expects us to do and to put out a product, which is the students, of the highest quality”.
Last week the DSC’s human resource manager was sacked.
“In the real world when a new CEO comes on board most of the administrators should resign. I am surprised that some people are still here. Since they’re not going to resign then the thing is to get a team that will go where you want to go,” Dr. Peters said.
Speaking with the press yesterday, Dr. Donald Peters said: “I’ve met two good things at this college –the students and the faculty.”
He did not afford the administrative staff the same level of praise.
“We are going to make things move. We have to change the direction and philosophy of the college in that all of the staff, faculty and all of us work to one outcome – that is the students’ success. Its a simple philosophy,” he said.
Regarding staff response to this new philosophy, Dr. Peters said the response is favorable. “The staff has been cooperative and so has the faculty, so we are well on our way,” he said.
“I would like to take the small budget we have and put it into students’ success. Most of the money should go to faculty and students,” Dr. Peters added.
Some people do not have the skills necessary to implement change because they are afraid of the consequences. That is why some are called upon to be change agents. Think about that statement before burying Peters alive. It is time to get rid of the people who continue to ruin the name of the College with their unethical behaviour.
Dr. Peters, i know we must pay fees cuz mine is paid already, but tell dat money woman don’t talk to students as if we are animals cuz when I had to get a refund she had all sorts of long stories to give me… that to check
And please when do you plan to meet with the year 2 students? Is it before or after you fire your staff?
I am a second year student at the College, and with all this confusion now in the media I feel ashamed to wear the uniform. Please people, this negative vibes from the Head of the institution is hurting the students more than anyone else. Dr. Peters, if your motto is student success, you have already greatly and negatively affected that.
Three years ago when my sister was in her second year at the College she complained about so many things. Now she is studying at a US University that is over 150 years old and now admits that some of the problems at Dominica State College exist there too. Now there are definitely problems at the College but if such an old school still has some of those problems, a College that is not even 10 years old will take some time to get over its own.
I am young, only 18 years old but I hope Dr. Peters can listed to me as a student. There are people at the College like the front desk personnel who need some customer service training to improve but you have some very hard working staff. Sometimes I feel sorry for the cashier and the people at the registrar’s office who seem to be always working and often helping. They are human and sometimes they make mistakes (and I have clashed with a few of them) but I believe they deserve much more appreciation than they are getting right now. We wish your focus would be on some of these:
– more comfortable classrooms (some are hot, no fans, poor lighting, noisy)
– better working computers (dem ghost of computers in the labs get rid of dem)
– your staff often cannot print (no ink, no printer – gosh it’s a college – how can they function? and when we cannot get service we are frustrated)
– Some of the teachers need to be spoken to or something because some have old attitudes and skip classes (not all are like that…. some sacrifice their own time to help us out)
– At least one computer lab just for students to do work, no classes in dere
– Wireless internet for persons like me with laptops…. under the almond tree is nice n’ cool, I do my assignments there but internet would make it easier
So Dr. P, maybe you have good intentions and maybe we need some change but starting with the people and in that way, not the way to go. Learn to work with the good people, and be careful who advises you because the ones who give you advice may be the ones who really need to do – the one’s who threaten your own students…
DR. PETERS YOUR BACK IS BROAD, LET THEM TALK. DOMINICANS TOO BIAS AND LIKE TO HOLD ONE’S PAST LIKE A NOOSE AROUND ONE’S NECK. HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN LET HIM CAST THE FIRST STONE.
@bn: yeah finally, someone to shake up this college. No one who have been in the administration since my time for about 10 years now could not shake it up or do anything different, it was the same thing over and over. I don’t know this Dr. Peters guy, but he sounds like he have good intentions. There are alot of persons at the college who have worked for years and just talk and don’t do anything different but follow the same old pattern. Mr. Massicotte for sure is always a hard-working employee, devoted, and very helpful, continue the good work Sir.
This is getting out of hand. Where did this man come from? he seems to be on some kind of mission. Maybe he needs to stop and take a breath and stop listening to gossip. Has he done an audit of the departments of the administrators he wants to fire? And where are the recommendations? every institution needs to at some point stop and look at itself critically at what it is doing and if it needs to make changes do do. but how does firing the ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION HELP? that i do not understand.
Look at the small budget that the DSC is operating under, since he and the PM are so close, I thought that he world get millions poured into the DSC, what about his ties with the WICB, how is it that there is no help from them to coach the DSC team, what about the US where he lived and worked for so long, where are the articulation agreements and contacts that he can use to get students into US universities and scholarships
I think he is concentrating on the wrong thing.
Dr. Peters,
I know that there are problems with the DSC, like all institutions and in reply to the lady who spoke about about registration I recently returned from the USA with my daughter, and we stood in lines for hours to register, and then to pay at the accounts department, so lines and running around the institution is nothing new. there are persons at the DSC who have worked and are still working, and who assist students at every turn, granted we are all human and there are times when they also are frustrated. But individuals like Dr.Seaman, Mr. Massicotte, Mr Volney their doors are always open and I must say as a parent I have been treated with the utmost respect when i have called upon the,. I have had three of my children study at the DSC and I have taken an active interest in the education and I have never received anything but cooperation from those individuals. SO i say to them have no fear, and your rewards will be in heaven.
BY THE WAY ALL THE NEGATIVE PUBLICITY IS NOT GOOD FOR THE COLLEGE- SHAME ON DR.PETRES FOR AIRING HIS DIRTY LAUNDRY IN PUBLIC.
Those you have to fire Peters, tell them.. Do not put all their eggs in one basket. Let them take the example from you, because you do not stay in one job!
I do not know Dr. Peters, but I happen to be an educator, living in Dominica, who knows the Dominica State College very well. And I have borne the griefs and pains of schooling two of my own children at the college, while watching with chagrin as their peers and less fortunate, less forbearing relatives floundered and dropped out into oblivion. I say it with no reservation that it was time that someone had the balls to actually DO something about getting the college to get its act together. I cannot imagine a bunch of highly educated Dominicans who have all completed University degrees around the world not being able after almost 10 years to put their minds together to successfully replicate the administration and operations of a learning institution – if nothing else, at least like the one where they themselves studied. From registration to scheduling to actual contact time to reporting and student support – everything is as confusing and unpredictable as a game of chance, and many were the hours that I spent with my children supporting and advising and begging them to at least make this a learning experience – experience in succeeding in the midst of incompetence. Like I said, I do not know Dr. Peters, but I wish him well in his apparent quest to shake up the college and transform from a bureaucratic, sit-on-your-rear-end mentality so prevalent throughout our lethargic public service to a more dynamic environment that fosters innovation and creative thought. This I hope will drag out youth out of the morass of doldrums-type thinking to a more constructive, more focused thinking that will redound better to our little island’s future development.
thing Dominica sucks all around that the Key!!
@student: I’m a past student of the DSC and i have to say that you have some wrong information in your comment though some of it is correct:
1. I agree to (the shacks where the vendors are selling food with no running water) hygiene is very important, since i was at the college i have been hearing of a canteen or new shacks for the vendors with running water when that day come will be hmm years to come.
2. I agree to this as well (the hot classrooms with the ceiling tiles falling on our heads) the college should be about safety of its students as well, they really need to renovate the building but then again when students dont pay their fees where will the money come from it they keep on complaining about the fee or wait too long before they pay, if the budget is not met nothing can be done with the lack of funds.
3. This i disagree to (the computers that are outdated and NO internet) all the computers have internet seems that the IT personnel must have blocked it get your facts straight.
4. I disagree also to this statement (the teachers who are not interested in the students at all and tell us they already have their degree or child to look after so they are not concerned if we learn or not) the LECTURERS are not bound to come to class, why because the COLLEGE is not a high school where they spoon feed you, go to any university or college overseas i bet there is a day when the LECTURER will be absent, whereas some LECTURERS take more interest in their students as though in high school, the others wont they want you to put your foot forward and do your work on your on, you are not in high school so you are to get your stuff done on your own, they arent there to baby you.
5. (the administrator who likes to threaten us if we do not pay fees) Get your fees paid and done with, the college here is very cheap compared to other places there shouldnt be a problem in paying, get over yourself, and do what you have to do, pay your fees and you wouldnt have to worry about being threatened.
6. The fact that the semester is in its second week and we have no math teacher( as i stated before the LECTURER is not bound to attend class, but this one is a problem, all you need to do is find out the course work and get started on your own.
7. The high cost of text books(the text books are not sold by the college, they are sold by an other company; suggest a discount when purchasing your books.)
By right the President should address the student body on a whole, this is basically the same that happened with the previous president of the college. Changes he makes should be told to the employees of the college and not kept to himself. I haven’t even heard much about him so far from what i am reading it’s only negative, i think he needs to address these concerns before going ahead with anything else.
FINALLY…SOME PURIFICATION!
why do we cry about its all lost dont use see Dominica does uphold standards anything goes around here…are their any sectors in dominica which are shining lights….hmm
we dominicans have contributed to the downfall of this island because we consider wrong doing right…..so what can we expect from any sectors everything has fallen think about it…..
WOW, before taking this post as President, did anyone inquire as to why Dr. Peters could not hold down a job in higher education in the US and was moving from college to college? And where in the world did he get the philosophy that if “In the real world when a new CEO comes on board most of the administrators should resign.
I commend you for making the entire institution to be on the same page in moving the college forward but the excuses are not working.
I have read Mr Peter’s statement with interest and he needs some business skills. He has a business to manager and frankly, based on his utterance from the difficulties with his contract when he stated that the President of the college should discuss his contratc with the people of Dominica before it being finalised. No Board which understands governance would do this. I wonder if Mr Peters (if was authorised to employ junior staff) would have discussed a staff member’s contract in public and worse discuss before the contract was signed by either party.
Regards dismissing staff. His utterances further makes me wonder on his adminstrative skills and respect for governance. All CEO’s have their style. Mr Peters should explain to his staff his styles and expectations and then arrive at solutions, with staff input.
The idea of a new CEO bringing his new staff in Dominica just does not add up. Mr Peters should read the Protection of Employment Act. If staff are on contract, he msut read the contract with regards to termination. If staff are on full employment, those employees can be dismissed on serious misconduct or be made redundant. If made redundant, he dare emply staff in their positions. I suggest he speaks with the Dominica Employers Federation on this matter.
Some us recognise that a number of workers in Dominica are unproductive. Do not blame them all as we have some real weak Managers who are unable to get the best out of their co workers.
Finally, I suggest that Mr Peters who may have good ideas for the College is damaging the very college that should pass out professional students, should get some advise to governance, human resource management and how to manage an institution. He does not have management skills, but he can learn.
MR Peters job well done, i do not know how far or how good you will keep to your word but your beginging is excellent just make sure you do not touch Mr. Volney cause you will have to answer to me. The college need some serious restructuring, i accompanied my neice to registration in her first year and my God i could not beleive that the institution was so damn disorganised and on top of that the lady with the thinning hair in the office was so unpleasant I had to put her in her place and tell her is money that is being paid we not here for free. Anyway do your job i will be watching.
The Government should get rid of that Dogter. Dominica is not America!!!
so mr. president wants administrative staff to resign…he can’t hold down a steady job. I mean come one, we all know, basically he wants to get staff out to get his own people in. And i can say this because i know. He thinks he can do what he wants, he already have employees acting like buick for him. Persons in his office think they are running the show…i guess that’s how it is. People who work hard and work until they’re tired get fired, whereas those who sit on their big laurels sucking up to the president stay employed…tell me the fairness in that. Already they can’t pay people the right salary they should be getting, for those who are working in positions that they were not employed for and not even being compensated for…stupes at Mr. Peters, no respect for higher authority and doesn’t even have the decency to inform his own staff of decisions taken…
@concerned: interesting wonder why he didnt last at WICB
its good to be a firmer,but as a header you have to have HR qualities in you
or maybe that could be is weak link just never know…maybe he doesnt have the knack to get the best out of staff……its a special and gifted touch which many headers either dont have or can grip it at all….its a crafty skill……..if you a excellent header and well oiled your grease will bear fruit..
Let see what happens wonder if realy deserves more Doe!!
I fully support the other students. There is a saying “those who live in glass houses should not throw stones” I listen to the Marpin interview and the hostility in the man’s voice was so clear, he seems to be on a mission to get rid of those people who he dislikes. What is he using to call them inefficient, and what about all the good things that the College had done over the years? In my view its poor marketing( i am a Business AD student) that at a press conference where the students that he says he is so interested in are being given there flowers that he takes this opportunity to bring in NEGATIVE ISSUES than can only damage the fragile reputation of the DSC. BRICKBATS TO THE PRESIDENT FOR TRYING TO SEAL THE STUDENTS DAY AND LIMELIGHT. i am disappointed in him, he should have had the decency to let the students have their 5 minutes of fame.
I agree with the other students, the problem is not all the administration, its SOME of the administration, like the bursars office and some of the teachers. SO he needs to be careful who he wants to fire, and when he downsizes ( I am an economics major) who is going to do the job will he distribute the load on an already overworked staff? And I hope he knows that when you downsize you can not hire more staff, so how does that help students, and by the way the environment has a lot to do with student success, the poor lighting, no fans, hot classrooms etc. He needs to concentrate in those issues first
Sorry that you seem to have had a bad experience, but at all universities there are problems, I am presently completing UWI and my first experience at registration was terrible. Should I let that make me quit never. As for the office of the Registrar at DSC, I can say without any issues that I have always received assistance from them. My only problem is that there is not enough staff working there, but they have helped many students with advice, especially as the advisers the lecturers are incapable of helping or are just downright not interested. To the office of the Registrar I say hold strong you are doing a wonderful job and you definitely made my stay and the stay of many others like me less stressful.
And who is the Dr.Peters? What are his credentials, from all the reports he seems not to have a stellar reputation and he is not the kind of administrator we need at a college with so many young impressionable young women. And by the way every time I mention his name at Cave Hill my Trini friends burst into laughter. Was confused until I heard the pantyman story. MAYBE HE SHOULD CONSIDER FIRING HIMSELF
The students are supporting him? What students? I am a second year students at the DSC and if it was not for the TV would not even know who the new President is. Its been over 5 months since he has taken up he job and he has NEVER spoken to students. And I am concerned that the DSC which by the way is doing good things, my sister transferred 60 credits to CUNY and I hope to do the same in September 2011, so that my parents can take a smaller student loan for my first degree.
Maybe he should lay off the administration who I think are really trying hard,and fire some of those teachers who do not do their work and make us to come class and do not turn up and who sit in the staff room and gossip when they are supposed to be in class.
Maybe he should have come to speak with the students first so he would get some REAL issues to talk about and fix: From a students point of view he needs to fix:
1. the shacks where the vendors are selling food with no running water
2. the hot classrooms with the ceiling tiles falling on our heads
3. the computers that are outdated and NO internet
4. the teachers who are not interested in the students at all and tell us they already have their degree or child to look after so they are not concerned if we learn or not
5. the administrator who likes to threaten us if we do not pay fees
6. the fact that the semester is in its second week and we have no math teacher
7. the high cost of text books
Just some comments from a student who is in the kitchen
@high-handednes: the guy has the US stylee when a new regime enters the white house!! but their structure of systems is totaly different from the caribbean way of affairs!!
You obviously do not know what you are talking about. If every time a heard of institution changes the administration have to resign where would the DSC be with 4 presidents in 8 years. And he worked in the real world like the USA where have you ever heard this happen in universities where presidents change. It seems to me to be a witch hunt, and how does he know they are inefficient, if they are I have no issues, but the administrative staff at the DSC is small, so if they all resign who is going to do the work? and how will the college run.
I HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS RESIGNING TING BEFORE, does he feel we are stupid in Dominica that we do not know whats happens in the outside world. Tell Peters to try to come to terms with why he can not keep a job and leave those who work hard at the DSC alone.
As a former employee of the Dominica State College, I would like to congratulate Dr.Peters for his valiant effort to cleanse the Dominica State College of the contagious viruses called senior managers.
What is the man talking about? No doubt that there are good faculty, I know from experience but there are some lecturers that should be fired, they don’t come to class, put students out because the class is “too”big, sit in the staff room when they should be in class, and don’t give tests or return tests and don’t come to class because they have religious committments. Then there are a few others who go way beyond the call, stay late, come to class everyday on time teach well and make us learn.
And as for the administrators, I am not sure to whom he is referring, maybe its the ones who strut around the campus in their black jackets and threaten to throw us out if class of we don’t pay our fees and refuse to listen to us. Then there are the ones who help us in every way, who are kind and assist who sit and listen to our problems and give us good advice.
And is this the same CEO who can not according to all reports( by the way students talk also) who can not keep a job and who does not have a good reputation in Trinidad where he was at a university?
He needs to concentrate on getting more funds so that the teachers can stop saying that they can not give us material because the photocopier is down, so that we can stop sweating in a classroom where its so hot you feel like you are going to faint, or where the internet does not work in the labs and the computers crash all the time.
I will wait and see
a student
all these people who are saying that mr.p has made a wrong decision is entitled to their own opinion.. but i will tell them that if they were past and present pupils of the d.s.c that this was indeed the right move..the person who work at the office of registra needs to be evaluated.. they are extremely dis organized in that college, and you can ask any body that has gone there over the past two years.. mind you there hard working employees.. but my main concern is with the registras office
@high-handednes: He intends to take DSC to the next level lol! He was to contest the 1995 election on a DFP ticket but again he ws gone before the election came.
I am not sure we are reading between the lines of this infiltrate group in gov’t.All these guys Skerrit,Dr.Peters, Savrin Charles/Ayatolla, charles Maynard,Hurbert Charles the current AOS ambassador,almost all the PS’s,are all poto freedomites, Classical or limited, even special editions
all are now hybrids lol!
As a few of us know the people gets(always) the gov’t it deserves>This gov’t is a relection of it’s people. We are mascarades,TWETES.Just give the ignorant bowyon music, rum and Chicken parts moreso breast for he men ,all’s good.I see the RED CLINIC run out of funds Skerrit even cancelling steel cement etc for community day of service what more do you expect? Monies have to be shifted form th clinic to the DSC for semblance of something is happening and the boys get paid big box.
Plegerims!!! those are masterville’s words. Lol!:
@Keen ObserverI s this a political thing? I know when a new admin comes in that’s done but not at learning institutions!:KeenObserver! I thought it was Kakabeef there for a while but upon reading i see it’s Keen Observer for a while after reading i can say it’s a Paul Keens-Douglas joke right? a kind of tanty merl at the oval.By the way the good Dr have a sisiter name merl wee!
Egotism and Arrogance. I smell lots of rats around the campus. Is he too big for his shoes or what?
FINALLY….SAME PPL DOING THE SAME BS YEAR IN YEAR OUT…GOOD JOB PETERS!!!
Every College need an effecient administrative staff to function properly.
Time will tell if that was abad or good move.
Thank you Dr P. This is an institution of higher learning.and if our final product is to develop the best and brightest for DA.THEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS.way to go brother you have the support of those of us OVERSEAS.
Well I do not know the man personally, nor do I know of his experience at situation at WICB, but I do have some idea of the ungodly situation at DSC. Anyone who has had experience with dealing with the school’s admin staff – students, parents, suppliers, etc – can attest to the inefficiency of how work gets done at the institution.
Thing is, his arrival was not welcomed by many of the higher-ups at DSC. This caused a rift to form among current staff. In any institution you will find this sort of occurence when a new leadership enters. Some people cannot and will not accept change, even if it is for the better. Some people do not even care if that change is for the better. And so they proceed to block progress. Granted the new vision may, in 10 or 15 years, prove to be faulty BUT as the President of the institution it is within Dr. Peters’ rights to deal with employees who hinder that progress.
I do, however, agree with the appraisal process. But if someone is being adamant about remaining negative, there is no way an appraisal will prove them to be worthy employees – they have already demonstrated that they are unwilling to accept change, etc.
An unfortunate situation.
Hubert Charles was President of Dominica State College. No report or anybody indicated that he was inefficient. Soon after Peters resigned as CEO of the WICB, a job had to be found for him. Hubert Charles was immediately replaced from his short stint as President and appointed Dominica’s Ambassador to the OAS, to make way for Peters. Of course, Hubert had no choice but to leave the post at DSC. However, authorities are not as quick or efficient in creating employment opportunities for the hundreds and hundreds of young persons after they graduate from college. A few have all the influence and power in Dominica.
No one wants to see another loose their job which happens to be their bread and butter. But i say to many Dominicans who happens to be in the workplace. That if you refuse to perform at the job, that there are many out there that are able and willing to do that same job. For i have seen many Dominicans at their work place sitting on their behind and paying no attention to people waiting in long lines in order to get some service. I E, banks and other business places. These people are not trained to deal with the public and should be replaced by those who can.
Mr. Controversial is back at it again. Please remind him that I have the Trinidad Mirror Article on him….
http://www.zoominfo.com/search#search/profile/person?personId=2194814&targetid=profile
This is a very sad situation: How many people does Peters expect to toss out in the streets, not knowing when and where they will find employment!
These are people who may be obligated to a bank loan, you know; making payment on a Mortgage, some may well be the sole bread winner for an entire family, which has to eat three times per day, three hundred and sixty-five days per year.
I am not suggesting that the CEO of any entity should tolerate inefficiencies from any staff member, however, it is my contention that these people Peters will be rendering redundant, should be given a chance to change their work ethics .
Thus, giving them a chance to become more productive, those who fail to produce in the interim; firing should be the alternative of none productive, and incompetent employee.
Unless Peters was brought in specifically for this purpose; to be the hatchet man, I think he is acting harsh, and highhandedly.
The most important natural resources of any country are its people, thus we need to be careful how we treat our natural resources, and so, the migration of our people may continue as long as they are unable to find suitable work, of any kind in Dominica, for that matter!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
This guy is a real bull shit artist, who as he did with the WICB, shoots out his mouth with little appreciation of the effects of his action. You may recall his infamous, inane comment that sponsors were not leaving the WICB, but instead the WICB was leaving sponsors. His most recent statement unfortunately has outdone his former!!! How could one be so tactlessly disrespectful by showing no regard for the administrative body of an institution? His anti-administration approach just sets him up for a fall. It is regrettable that this idiot leads the institution of highest learning in the country.
Even if their are slackers making up the administrative body, what does his pronouncement and palpable disrespect reveal about this mans etiquette and tact? I mourn for Dominica State College because of the ignorance that he exudes.
Good move my foot. Man sounds dictatorial like his buddy. Easy to fire people when u have the power, u think Dominica is America or Trinidad where Mrs.Jones can find a job, Dominica is hard no ras, workers have rights u know, watch where u troddin son, else u will get a law suit on your small budget. Worker efficiency is a plus, but u must not abuse your office, not to mention these people are working under difficult conditions with a miniscule budget. I hope u not trying to create a bunch of YES men, and open to diverse opinions with your actions.
@King ghetto: That same Peters guy has never denounced incompetence, nepotism, inefficiency that his colleagues in Govt.exhibit. Big Govt. Ministers and advisers like peas. Millions of dollars being sucked up from taxpayers to pay them. Has he complained at all? Public Officials enriching themselves through all sorts of controversial means in public Office, Peters says nothing. He openly supports his DLP GOVT. anytime, every time, irrespective of the wrongs that are committed. Everybody has the right to support the Govt or Party of his or her choice, but to condone inefficiency and incompetence is another matter. Such behaviour can never be correct. Double standards.
Why should Dominica copy wholesale his idea that all admin staff should automatically resign when a new CEO arrives on the job? When a new GOVT. comes into office, the Civil Service Staff should all resign? Appraisals of workers must be done in any institution. If the worker has been doing their work properly, efficiently, should he /she be fired. Total nonsense. Let his or her appraisal report speak for itself and then the necessary action taken. Some CEO’s love those around them who sympathize with all what they do, YES MEN and WOMEN. No questioning of their actions, always yes Sir, Yes sir, Yes sir, whether the CEO or leader is doing Wrong or Right.
finally…the college was way to close to collapsing..
All those people that does play Nabes & I and bring news for Skerrit, well he tired with all you low output and productivity.
Be it at the State College, GIS, Ambassadors, and all others in Public Office, Skerrit fed up with all those that just there only to secure a pension or a gratuity and doh give a foot about the State and its citizens.
Some people just like to make themselves too dam comfortable in people workplace and not deliver.
If there is a new strategic direction and thinking and the existing team is not up to the task and worse of all resistant to change then you in big trouble. For your vision no matter how well articulated will always be frustrated by people who just not willing to change.
Is only when employees get fired they does cry and want to quote all labor laws for you. Job security is the worse law ever conceived by governments. In the political establishments, it ties the hand of a politician.
First i believe you have gone through what we are going through at the DSC…so you don’t think like the others who just like to think about taking our money….i like you first major move…fire those greedy and selfish bastards!! man may you have the strength you need and believe me if the students like you..then know you doing a good job.
Well done Dr. P.
I would love to see other Business Executives in Dominica follow suite. The workforce in Dominica needs a wakeup call. Productivity, effeciency and customer service needs to be at the forefront of the local workforce in order to be competitive.
ALP appointee…definitely smokes and mirrors.
let’s hope he puts his words into action.
Very interesting. he is so correct, in the real world the administrative body would have to resign on the appointment of a new CEO. I agree with Mr. Peters entirely, his new philisophy will definetly be clouded by past staff members. Those persons should not have waited for them to be fired, rather they should have resigned and if they are worth being remployed they would be afforded first choice. Mr. Peters with hos accomplishments means well for the State college and Dominica by extension. I wish the ruling government would adopt his style and get the country going to the next level in the right direction and not as is bieng dong presently.
Funny, he does not last long anywhere…..wonder why…?
Good move DR.P,Show them how things are done in the outside world.Too many lazy people seating around and wanna get big money.Employ the students who do well.
I love the way you are going Dr. Peters. i have a very good idea what is going on at the college and what you are doing is just whats needed.. be strong my brother
@go ahead: @go ahead:
Yes he does seem an intersting guy. However I am worried about his past employment history. I do believe that the DSC need some quality teachers also.
go ahead … i wonder if this is a reflection of the number of students who did not register to attend the college this year …… this college has a bad rep and that seems to me to be the gist of the problem … anyways let’s see what happens
Do your thing .., do your thing. Inefficiency at an institution like this should never tolerated.
Good luck.
wow he sounds miliant indeed….interesting..seems like a so call no nonsense guy!
wonder if he will last long or could he be a smoke screen guy….LOL