Education Ministry in consultation following announcement of election date

The move by President Donald Ramotar to announce a date for General Elections has left the Ministry of Education scrambling to determine the way forward. This is in light of the fact, that the May 11, 2015 Election date set by the President is the same date the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) has set a number of crucial examinations. This publication learnt that Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, and several of her top level officers were locked in meetings yesterday as part of the efforts to chart the way forward. The Minister, in an invited comment to this publication yesterday morning, had said that her Ministry will issue a statement on the matter but from reports reaching this publication, the consultations had not concluded even by late yesterday afternoon. However, this publication was informed that any date adjustment might more than likely have to be made at the level of Government in terms of a new elections date; since the CXC examinations date is the same set for a number of countries and conducted simultaneously to maintain the integrity of the results. Moreover, it isn’t likely that the local Education Ministry can in any way adjust the date set for the CXC examinations. Based on the timetable issued by CXC, the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations set for May 11 are: (MORNING) AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE D/A 2 (General); AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE S/A 2 (General); THEATRE ARTS 1 (General); (AFTERNOON) ELECTRICAL and ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY 1 –Technical; FOOD and NUTRITION 2 (General). Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) set for the same date are: (MORNING) Geometrical and Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 1 Paper 2; History Unit 1 Paper 2; Art and Design Examinations to begin for Unit 1, Papers 2 and 3, and Unit 2, Papers 1 and 2; (AFTERNOON) Communication Studies Paper 2. This is quite a significant development as it is highly unlikely that the regional examination body will deviate in any way from its final timetable to facilitate Guyana and its polls, and in relation to the elections, a number of schools across the country are used as polling stations. It is clear that this may not have been taken into consideration by President Ramotar and his advisors when the decision was made. This publication was told that if the Ministry hadn’t issued a statement on the matter by the end of yesterday, one is likely to be forthcoming today.

Ah education who needs that right Gold teeth baboo?

So leh me see this here now. BIG FAT IGNORAMUS ramotar did not plan properly? Whatderass, these people does jus go pulling things out of air?

This is exactly how these fkers do business...jus pluck numbers and contracts out of the air.

You fail to plan...you plan to fail.

Cain when yuh expose de buggering that going on dem run and cry and complain that we do not like Auntyman, Dhar Poke & Chat-3.

Imagine PNC telling Ramotar he is a Jackass....

with Kwame pun eee Back.

Poor Duck....

Moses got him doing Stupidness

You want Election <Tek 2 Elections and don't complain, classes can be put off for one other day , so what!!!The word opposition means to oppose everything, AFC, & APNU is doing just that, no date is good date when you can't WIN.

Then move it to the following Monday, I dont see the difficulty.

au contraire . . . these are exactly the considerations underpinning the election date decision by the ramouthar junta!

No date is a good date for those who have been crying/calling on the President to call an election date. DID THE CRYERS NOT KNOW THAT MAY 11TH WAS CXC?

fool . . . the opposition didn't pick May 11

and if alyuh feel privileged enough to mouth off that no date is an option, then doan cry when come the revolution

 What revolution? You gwan deh and dig hole fuh me fall in and see who go fall in instead.

if alyuh feel burying democracy is a PPP option . . . . what exactly is your problem with "revolution" bai?

REGIONAL EXAMS, not classes.  Are the other 20+ plus countries going to change their dates because of Guyana.  NO!

I know that the PPP wishes the population to remain stupid, but this isn't what most want.