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IDB issues apology - Barbados Today

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has accepted full responsibility for the controversial Computer Science test that was administered to first form students in Barbados on Monday.In a press release issued tonight, the IDB admitted that even though the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training objected to certain questions being included on the test, the test was still disseminated to students in its original format.And while the Ministry of Education came under fire for sanctioning the test that was said to be commissioned by code.org, the IDB admitted its fault in not adhering to the ministry’s demands to remove the specific questions.The IDB said the questions were subsequently removed from the test.“The Inter-American Development Bank expresses regret that a survey administered by the Bank to children in the Barbados secondary school system has offended many Barbadians.”Irate parents of some of the students who took the test on Monday told Barbados TO ....

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BUT: IDB's apology "will not suffice"

The Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) apology for its controversial survey administered to schoolchildren will not be enough to satisfy the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT). President of the BUT Rudy Lovell said that it's not for the IDB to issue a statement on the matter but the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training. The survey, part of the Code Caribbean project was administered by a United States-based organisation code.org … ....

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