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Timeline: March–July 2016 10th March: GATE Task Force Appointed Media publishes the appointment of the GATE Task Force tasked with reviewing tuition expenditure. The Task Force is expected to submit a report to the Education Ministry by July 2016. The UWI Guild President is a representative on the Task Force. 7th April: The official result […]
Continue ReadingThe title has been amended from its original form of publication. This change was made to reflect the sensitivity of the subject matter because it relates to children and gendered power dynamics in Caribbean socialisation. I know that this does not eliminate potential triggers. The modification is part of my ethical commitment to trauma informed […]
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I asked for directions to a school I was invited to speak in. After being guided, I was told, “yuh cyah miss it, the wall high like a prison!” As I entered the school, the security guards wanted to know the purpose of my visit. I explained the purpose of my visit and the name […]
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“How many rivers do we have to cross before we can talk to the boss? All that we’ve got, seems we have lost we must have really paid the cost.” – Bob Marley, Burnin and Lootin If you think the shooting of Denelson Smith and Mark Richard does not affect you because your particular class […]
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The failure of state-run secondary schools exacerbates classism as a result of mismanagement and social neglect by persistent administrations that have had a piece-meal approach to the crises yutes face in the education system. For 2015, in the allocation pool of 443 national scholarships, denominational schools took home a whopping 95% of the total number […]
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