TTUTA: Pre-covid19 school infrastructure still an issue
TTUTA president Antonia De Freitas. -
PRESIDENT of the TT Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) Antonia De Freitas said there are still health, safety, and infrastructure issues in some schools, even before covid19 arrived in TT in March, are yet to be properly rectified.
In a brief phone interview with Newsday on Thursday, De Freitas said she will raise the matter with the Ministry of Education and will continue to monitor these areas of concern.
She said these issues included water connection, improper ventilation, and the readiness of labs and workshops for students to complete their School Based Assessments (SBAs) and practicals.
Different rules for different schools as some students return Monday
Saturday 6 February 2021
San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation workers sanitise a classroom at Success/Laventille Secondary School in preparation for classes on Monday. Forms four to six students at secondary schools are due to resume classes in the first instance for practical learning, the Education Ministry has advised. File photo
Principals are having mixed feelings about students return to schools on Monday.
Students have been engaged in virtual classes since March of last year after the covid19 virus breached TT borders.
On January 28, Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly announced that students preparing for examinations will be allowed to return to physical classrooms. Secondary school students in forms four, five, and six preparing for Certificate in Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) will return to school labs to complete their School
Update on School Funding for Term 2, 2020/21
4 January, 2021, Port-of-Spain: Funding, in the aggregate amount of $22M for Government and Government Assisted Secondary Schools was made available on Tuesday 2nd February and Thursday 4th February 2021, respectively.
Schools were contacted on Tuesday 2nd February and alerted that releases were received and being processed and thus, supplier engagement could begin.
The School Supervision and Management Division began contacting principals today (Thursday) for the collection of packages with the allocations to their respective schools.
The Ministry of Education, working with the Ministry of Finance, has ensured that funds are supplied for the purchase of necessary equipment and materials for the completion of practicals and School Based Assessments (SBAs), in order to satisfy the requirements of various subjects at the Forms 4, 5 and 6 levels.
Union wants answers from CXC
Mary-Anne Redman, President of the Barbados Secondary School Teachers Union (BSTU). (Photo Credit: barbadosadvocate.com)
Concern has been expressed about reports that there are students who have not requested reviews, but have received improved grade amendments while students who have made review requests are receiving grades that demonstrate no change at all in their original CXC grades.
The concern was made known by President of the Barbados Secondary School Teachers Union (BSTU) Mary-Anne Redman last week Thursday, while speaking during an online press conference held by the Caribbean Coalition for CXC 2020.
Redman also said teachers want to know who reviewed the School Based Assessments (SBAs), and whether they are the same teachers who originally corrected them.
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