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Maurice Info Search we implore you to please request for a postponement of the national exams on an urgent basis. .
Mrs Rita Venkatasawmy,
Dear Madam,
We are an organization that has at heart the well-being of children, be it physical or psychological. It is a known fact that the current COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all of us, and all of us in different ways. Our children are equally impacted and one major way the children of this country are being impacted at the moment is through the conduct of national exams.
Especially taking into account the rapid surge of cases these days, we have reached out to the Minister of Education to request the postponement of the exams, but we haven’t unfortunately been heard and to date, there hasn’t been any steps taken to at least address the several concerns of parents who fear for their children’s health and safety as well as theirs.