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Health authorities have scrapped the few remaining COVID-19 mandates, ending more than two years of protocols imposed on Barbadians to help control the spread of the virus.Declaring that legal regulations are no longer needed to manage the situation, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) The Most Honourable Dr Kenneth George announced on Wednesday that effective immediately, the Emergency Management Order and its accompanying directives would come to an end.He said authorities came to the decision after assessing the local, regional and international evidence collated over the last two-and-a-half years of the pandemic.Commuters are now free to go maskless on public transport and schoolchildren will no longer be required to wear the protective face covering when they return to the classroom next month. There will also be no legal obligation for special requirements in medical facilities such as the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and dental offices, and senior citizens’ homes.“This has been an extre
Parents abandoning their duty to guide their children has been identified by the head of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) as one of the root causes of the recent surge in violence among schoolchildren.BSTU president Mary Anne Redman complained on Monday that many parents were not fulfilling their responsibilities and were instead turning to schools and other institutions to train their children.This, she declared, along with a breakdown in traditional values and mores contributed to the alarming situation in the island’s schools.“There is a rescinding in too many families of the parental duties, and people are leaving institutions like the schools to train and raise up their children, and the schools can’t do it,” Redman said in an interview with Barbados TODAY.
The Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) is concerned about some educators being superseded after years of acting in senior positions, at times without reimbursement.In an interview with Barbados TODAY, union president Mary-Anne Redman flagged “serious issues” in the recruitment, selection, and appointment process, primarily of senior teachers and Heads of Department at secondary schools.She took specific issue with teachers being asked to respond to advertisements for the same positions in which they were acting for many years, only to be overlooked in favour of others with no experience in the role.
Very few Barbadians can attest to knowing any substantial part of what is contained in our Constitution. It is a regrettable state of affairs, but it is a fact.In our primary schools, it is hardly ever referenced. We are apparently so busy preparing for English Language, Mathematics and the Composition Paper, that primary school is largely consumed with “getting into a good school” after writing the Barbados Secondary Schools Entrance Examination.At secondary school, the Barbados Constitution does not form the body of any intellectual debate or core subject. At the tertiary level, students who are pursuing legal studies will probably be exposed to its contents.For the rest of the population, people assume that certain “rights” must be somewhere in the constitutional protections they enjoy.Is freedom of the Press in the Constitution? Is there a right to information? Following the last general election when some election workers were not given an opportunity to vote because of mi