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A veteran educator is warning that Barbados’ economic and social growth will be stunted if the country does not reform its education system.It has come from former Senator and retired principal Alwyn Adams, who has argued that with Barbados having transitioned to a Republic, the country ought to get rid of the current educational system which he has described as “a preservation of British rule”.He made the points this afternoon while speaking at a Zoom webinar hosted by the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) entitled, Honest Conversations on Education Reform: Confronting the Elephant in the Room.“Barbados as the newest Republic will not be able to achieve its social and economic aims until or unless the education system is reformed,” Adams contended.“We had a situation where the chief persons in education in Barbados were all sent out from the United Kingdom. We are talking about the Bishop of Barbados, the Director of Education, the persons who were heads of the leading scho

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