EDUCATION Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly and Minister in the Ministry of Education Lisa Morris-Julian and a team of officials visited 13 schools in the Port of Spain area on Tuesday.
A release from the Ministry stated that visits were made to 13 secondary schools and an early childhood care and education centre within the Port of Spain and environs and the St George East Education districts.
At 8.30 am ministry officials arrived at the Russell Latapy Secondary School, where they were greeted by the school’s principal Alicia Lucien-Baptiste. The team got a tour of the school, where both Ministers Gadsby-Dolly and Morris-Julian took the opportunity to engage students in brief conversation about their school work, the release stated.
The team then next visited Malick Secondary School, then moved to eleven 11 primary and secondary schools and one ECCE centre.
The schools visited were:
- Malick Girls’ RC Primary;
- St Columba Anglican ECCE (Barataria);
- Barataria AC Primary;
- St Dominic Savio RC Primary;
- St George’s College,
- Barataria South Secondary;
- Barataria North Secondary;
- San Juan Boys’ RC Primary;
- San Juan Girls’ RC Primary; San Juan Presbyterian Primary;
- San Juan S.D.A Primary; and
- Febeau Government Primary Schools.
The team included permanent secretaries Lenor Baptiste-Simmons and Kurt Meyer, Chief Education Officer Dr Peter Smith and Director of School Supervision, Joy Griffith.
The ministry stated that they engaged principals, teachers and school administrators on various operational matters, such as infrastructure, attendance, school discipline, health and safety.
Speaking with students at Barataria North Secondary School Gadsby-Dolly reminded them about the importance of preparing for their end-of-term examination.
“Remember there’s a time for everything under the sun. Your examinations must be a priority now and you must work hard in order to succeed.”
In February 2021, Ministers Gadsby-Dolly, Morris-Julian and members of the MOE senior executive team, embarked on a schedule of semimonthly school visits.
The MOE team has so far visited 126 secondary, primary, special schools and ECCE centres across the seven Education Districts in Trinidad and will continue until visits to all 823 schools have been completed, the release stated.
