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MELAKA: A crime prevention body has expressed concern over an emerging trend where schoolgirls are being lured into vice activities through the Internet. Melaka Indian Crime Prevention Society president Dr P. Gunalan said parents had shared with him social media messages where teenagers were being coached on how to use sex to earn a quick buck. "This is tantamount to encouraging vice activities. "This is a worrying trend and I hope lawmakers could advocate for legislation under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 to stop such undesirable online activities," he said Friday (April 2). Gu...

Report on schools reopening: RC secondary students happy to be back Published by Tags Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly held a meeting for education stakeholders February 23 to get feedback on the return to school for Forms Four, Five and Six students preparing for examinations. Limited face to face tuition resumed at secondary schools across the country February 8. The Catholic Education Board of Management (CEBM) presented a report on the schools under its purview: Matelot Community College, St Francis College, the Presentation Colleges in San Fernando and Chaguana...

Reminders for phased, physical re-opening of schools Published by The Education Ministry announced the phased physical reopening of schools February 8 for students of Forms Four to Six using a “hybrid system”. Classes resume April 12, Term Three for Standard Five children preparing for the Secondary Entrance Assessment exam. The hybrid system will involve online classes and students reporting for school to complete practicals, SBAs (School Based Assessments) and internal assessments. “Physical teaching classes to be held only when absolutely necessary,” Minister of Education...

JANELLE BERNARD President of the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA), Antonia De Freitas, is strongly advising parents to instil in their children the importance of observing all the COVID-19 health protocols—including social distancing—when schools are reopened on a phased basis in February. De Freitas says ensuring there is no spread of the COVID-19 virus is a matter of personal responsibility, and students must do their part. “Parents must reiterate these factors to students, because we would not want to embark upon this phased reopening and then we have to close...

CARISA LEE Acting Secretary General of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha, Vijay Maharaj, believes the Ministry of Education, at its Press Conference today, will postpone the physical reopening of schools. The Ministry’s press briefing is scheduled for 2, this afternoon. On February 8th, Standard Fives and students in Forms Four to Six were expected to return to school. “I believe that we have become a nation that is paranoid,” Maharaj said. A move, he said, which will affect the nation’s children mental health further.  He observed that children are beginning to hurt themselves. “Ou...