Having been involved in the education sysytem in Trinidad for a very long time I
am happy to read from your email that the Ministry of Education finally has got
something right. At least the notice for adjustments to the school days have
come more than a week in advance of the event.What I also know is that these
arrangements are usually done in consultation with the National Parent
Teachers' Association, the TTUTA, the teachers' union and principal and staffs
at each of the afffected schools.
I am sure that we must be all very proud of our Caribbean having the opportunity
to host such a prestigeous event. I am also sure that at this time we would all
want to wish our countries well and hope that all the efforts that are being
made for the Cricket World Cup will result in an international success.
I suppose I may be the ultimate optimist but I believe in the resilience of
Caribbean people.
Jennifer
Dr Jennifer M. Lavia,
Lecturer in Education
Director, Caribbean Programme,
University of Sheffield,
School of Education
388 Glossop Road,
Sheffield, S10 2JA
United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 (0) 114 222 8097
Fax: + 44 (0) 114 279 6236
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Quoting Jca <[log in to unmask]>:
> The Daily Express Monday 5th
> March 2007 page 7
> Schools to close early for CWC (Cricket World Cup)
> "Several schools affected by Cricket World Cup 2007 will be closed early,
> the Ministry of Education advised. On match days, March 15, 19, 21 and 23,
> schools will start at 9am and end at 2 pm, during which the end of term
> examinations will be facilitated, the ministry said in a release.
> The secondary schools affected are ......Primary schools include ......
> Belmont Junior and Mucurapo Junior Secondary Schools will operate from 9 am
> to 2 pm with alternative days for each shift."
> This article did not make it into the internet version of the Trinidad
> Express, most of the good stories never do.
> Many of these children live past the lighthouse ( a local term for out of
> town). The traffic congestion is so bad that in order to get into town they
> get up at 5 am every morning and are in school by 6 am. And many of them
> will still have to wait until their parents get off from work at 5 pm to go
> home.
> The normal school day in Trinidad runs from 8 am to 3 pm. Rather than
> starting an hour earlier and giving students the benefit of a full teaching
> day, they have decided to cut it by two hours! Which is over one normal
> school day of class time. Students at the Junior secondary schools will be
> attending the shortened school day every other day. So they lose double,
> sixteen hours of teaching time.
> Someone at the ministry must be living in cookoo land.
>
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