The Ministry of Education’s Permanent Secretary feels the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) was acting in an unreasonable fashion earlier this year when it cited the separation of The Alexandra School principal Jeff Broomes as the sole way to solve the impasse that had gripped the St Peter School.
But Evelyn Humphrey was non-committal when asked by the union’s attorney at law Hal Gollop, if in her opinion Broomes’ separation would have been the best option under the circumstances.
Humphrey, who only took up office in September last year in the midst of the controversy, spent most of yesterday afternoon giving evidence on the fourth day of the commission of inquiry into the school impasse, held at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex before Commissioner retired Justice Frederick Waterman.
She was questioned by Gollop for 75 minutes regarding her thoughts of an inspection report which was conducted on the school, the summary of which cited a serious rift between some teachers and Broomes, and noted there was no way the two factions could co-exist professionally.
