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The state has a responsibility to be transparent and ask permission from the ward, guardian or parent of a child in Barbados’ school system before doing anything that would encroach on privacy. This is the view of social activist Winston Clarke, who was speaking during a protest by parents at Trevor’s Way in Bridgetown on Saturday against the controversial Inter-American Development Bank questionnaire which was recently administered to 733 first …
The controversial “pre-test” questionnaire was a breach in parental rights by the State. That was the assessment of Felicia Dujon speaking during a lunchtime lecture hosted at the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) headquarters in George Street, Belleville on Friday. This lunchtime lecture came days after Minister of Education Kay McConney, flanked by Chief Education Officer Dr Ramona Bradshaw held a press conference at the Ministry’s Constitution Road Headquarters in Bridgetown …
Do not be deterred!That is the plea from human rights advocate Felicia Dujon to parents of the students who she said were illegally made to do a Computer Science pre-test that contained inappropriate and intrusive questions.She has been vocal in her call for parents to seek legal action against the Government for its role in facilitating the survey that was administered by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and quizzed students about their sexuality and gender identity, among other things.And ten days after the matter was brought to light by Barbados TODAY, Dujon has urged Barbadians not to be distracted.Delivering the Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) Astor B Watts Lunchtime Lecture on Friday afternoon, entitled ‘Not Bout Hay’: Parental Rights as Human Rights, she said it was now the job of parents to ensure the matter was properly dealt with.
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