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The Ministry of Education has not turned a blind eye to the videos circulating on social media showing school children fighting.In fact, Chief Education Officer Dr Ramona Archer-Bradshaw told Barbados TODAY that the ministry was aware and concerned about the scenes captured on video and circulated via social media and has called for a total societal approach to arresting the problem.Dr Archer-Bradshaw, said the ministry continues to roll out a series of programmes across the schools to tackle the vexing issue.“The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training has seen the vide...

Highlights of MT22 - Read our editorials from Week 3 of MT22 from our Editor-in-Chiefs Dom and Jason, and Associate Editors, Anna and Blane.

One student said that they have 'been told multiple times that we are the guinea pigs for this new system'

The back and forth, uncertainty and frustration that students, teachers, ancillary staff and parents have been experiencing due to the ongoing saga at Lawrence T. Gay Memorial School have to come to an end.Over the years, students and teachers have complained of a pungent, gaseous smell that was causing them headaches, burning throat sensations, burning eyes and/or itchy skin.The school problems go back years. In recent times, the school was closed in 2019. Then in January 2020, just before the March outbreak of COVID-19, the students were relocated to various churches where classes were condu...

Jury trials slated for the Home Circuit Court in Kingston continue to be dogged by low juror turnouts with the latest figures showing that, of the 1,500 Jamaicans summoned for duty during the ...