Region Three : Following discussion with head of various schools from Regions 3, 4, 7 and 10 at the National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD), new Education Minister Priya Manickchand visited Region 3 where she met with parents, students and teachers from several schools, including Leonora, Stewartville and Zeeburg Secondary Schools.
The meeting was aimed at informing students and parents about the new initiative being undertaken by the Government through the Ministry to further improve students’ performance at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate, in Mathematics and English.
Minister Manickchand said that the programme which is being piloted in 32 secondary schools is aimed “to improve the Mathematics and English performance nationally…the schools was selected based on their previous result at the examination (CSEC) which shows that they have a foundation that could propel us to an average pass rate to about 50/60 percent”.
She said each student in the identified schools with be supplied with all the relevant learning materials, including scientific calculators, Maths and English text books, past examination papers, revision DVDs and geometry sets.
The Education Minister also met with teachers from the region, where she addressed several issues including furniture and teaching curriculum.
You must be logged in to post a comment.