Hun­dreds of par­ents were forced to rush to schools yes­ter­day to col­lect their chil­dren, fol­low­ing a na­tion­wide wave of teacher ab­sen­teeism, be­lieved to be a “silent protest” over un­paid salary in­creas­es promised for this month.

The dis­rup­tion came just hours af­ter the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion is­sued a state­ment con­firm­ing that Cab­i­net had ap­proved salary in­creas­es agreed with Chief Per­son­nel Of­fi­cer Dr Daryl Din­di­al in April last year.

Guardian Me­dia has been re­li­ably in­formed the ac­tion will con­tin­ue to­day.