As fifth form students writing the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) turned out for the start of their exams yesterday, Minis-ter of Education Priya Manickchand said that she believes the students are not any less prepared than their predecessors.
In a video released by the Ministry of Education, Manickchand was seen visiting Georgetown Schools and wishing the students well for their first examination.
She also said that she doesn’t think they were “any less prepared, academically, than any other year because of some of the decisions we took”. She explained, “I expect our children to do very well. We are one of the countries that took some bold decisions last year and brought our children back out but not because we wanted to and not by ourselves. We listened to what teachers, students and parents said they needed; that is, face-to-face sessions”.