(Stock Photo) The Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs (MPEA) will again be hosting a series of town hall meetings to solicit the public's .
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The Ministry of Education may review the date for this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE), widely known as the Common Entrance Exam or the 11-Plus. It is scheduled to be held on May 2, up from July 5 in 2022, and the earliest since the pandemic years. Some members of the public are calling for it to be later in the term. “The public had put out there …
The town hall meetings for the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) 2023 will conclude this week.
On Tuesday, January 17, The team from the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) will host the sessions at Combermere School, Waterford, St. Michael, and A. DaCosta Edwards Primary School, Belleplaine, St. Andrew.
Following these meetings, the final sessions will be held on Thursday,
Minister of State with responsibility for Crime Prevention Corey Lane has urged parents not to panic about school security, even as the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) called for action to be taken to deal with the growing problem of violence in schools.The advice and call came on the heels of recent reports of stabbings and other acts of violence at the island’s educational institutions.The comments were also triggered by an incident at the Deighton Griffith Secondary School on Thursday to which police responded.Several parents gathered outside the gates of the Kingsland, Christ Church school after hearing that a stabbing had occurred, with one complaining that “almost every day is some sort of violent act”.“It’s very frustrating, not only for the parents but also the good students that are trying to make something of themselves,” lamented Corey Rose.However, principal Major Michael Boyce made clear there was no stabbing incident on Thursday.