January 7, 2012Dear Sir,Education, or the lack of it, has been identified as the primary reason why Bermudians are not making it within the more academic areas of business.Today’s story about principals within primary schools ran shivers down my spine. The principal of any school should be at the very top of their profession and be both qualified and experienced to fulfill all duties of that post.For the BUT’s general secretary Mike Charles to advise that one successful principal has to coach other principals would tend to indicate that the others are performing below par and possibly to the detriment of our children. Should this be the case then Mr Charles’ positions seems to support recent correspondence that senior positions within the Civil Service are being filled by paper qualified but inexperienced officers.Just how many of our Civil Servants fail to meet the bare minimum requirements of their positions? Why should we, the dwindling number of private sector workers, continue to support Government employees (the Public’s servants) in lavish circumstances while we suffer from the PLP-led recession in Bermuda?Sir John Swan is right, we must reduce Government cost and I believe the most gracious way is to cut the already short Government work week and pay by 20 percent until the national debt is back to where it was before Ms Cox took control of Bermuda’s financial destiny from her very able father.While essential services must be maintained, many believe we won’t notice much of a difference if the majority of Government employees are absent for a day a week.TOUGH TIMES, TOUGH SOLUTIONSPembroke