Lynsley Anderson Doodhai is the current President of the Trinidad & Tobago Unified Teachers’ Association, the only teachers’ union in his country that represents the nation’s 16 000 teachers. He is extremely passionate about teachers’ rights and their welfare, and is a strong advocate for better working conditions, safer schools, better resourced schools and improved terms and conditions of service, including better salaries.

He is currently a member of the National Advisory Committee on Education, a committee set up by the Government to advise the Ministry of Education on educational issues.

He has been an educator for the past 33 years at the primary school level. He has been a Principal since 2008. Through his inspired leadership his school, Torrib Trace Presbyterian School, has experienced improved academic performance. His work at the school was recognized for he was elected as the President of the Principals’ Association of Trinidad & Tobago in 2013.

He is the co-administrator of a closed teachers’ online group that seeks to promote and highlight best practices in the classroom. The group has approximately 3300 members from Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Guyana and St. Lucia. 

Education: Bachelor of Education, Masters of Education, Bachelor of Laws.

He is presently pursuing his Legal Practitioners Certificate to enable him to be admitted to the Bar to practice as an attorney.

Key challenges of education systems:

Lack of education funding

Higher wages for teachers

Teacher shortages

Privatization of education

School safety

To share my experiences and expertise with others so that they can benefit from my advocacy work in the education sector.

To interact with teachers from other countries to gain insights of their knowledge and experiences in an effort to improve the education sector in my country.

To develop a large international network of colleagues who can aid in my professional growth and improvement of the education system in Trinidad & Tobago.