Despite education officials reporting a successful start to the new school year, President of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) Rudy Lovell has expressed concern about three schools remaining closed because of ongoing repairs.So concerned was Lovell about what he referred to as a recurring situation, that he suggested that perhaps the time had come for the Educational Technical Management Unit (ETMU) under which school repairs fall to become a separate unit from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MEVT) and be given independent funding.The BUT head complained that the Ministry of Education approached school repairs the same way every year but expected to get a different result.He pointed out that during the September 12-16 planning week, teachers had to be at school plants while construction and industrial cleaning were ongoing – a practice which Lovell said the union was opposed to as it could affect the safety and health of teachers.
Two primary schools and a nursery school will miss the bell when the new school term begins today but Minister of Education Kay McConney says the focus should be on the other 23 schools in the summer works programme opening. Yesterday during a tour of the Wilkie Cumberbatch Primary School – which is scheduled to reopen on September 26 – McConney also gave details on why the Eden Lodge Nursery …
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