Min­is­ter of Ed­u­ca­tion Nyan Gads­by-Dol­ly head­ed a team of of­fi­cials on a vis­it to 19 schools in the St. Patrick Ed­u­ca­tion Dis­trict. Ac­cord­ing to a press re­lease from the Min­istry the prin­ci­pals, teach­ers and stu­dents used the op­por­tu­ni­ty to share their plans, chal­lenges and suc­cess­es dur­ing what has been a dif­fi­cult time in the ed­u­ca­tion sys­tem.

The fol­low­ing is a press re­lease from the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion:

To­day, Tues­day March 15, 2022, Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter, Dr. the Ho­n­ourable Nyan Gads­by-Dol­ly head­ed a team of of­fi­cials, in­clud­ing Per­ma­nent Sec­re­taries, Chief Ed­u­ca­tion Of­fi­cer and Di­rec­tor of School Su­per­vi­sion on a vis­it to schools in the St. Patrick Ed­u­ca­tion Dis­trict.

Nine­teen (19) schools were on the agen­da to­day, start­ing with the Ica­cos Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School at 8:30am, where they were joined by School Su­per­vi­sors for the Dis­trict. The sec­ond stop was Lochmaben RC, fol­lowed by Ce­dros Sec­ondary, Ce­dros Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry, St. Pe­ter (Ce­dros) An­gli­can Pri­ma­ry, Granville RC Pri­ma­ry, Chatham Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry and South­ern Cen­tral AC; reach­ing Cap de Ville Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry just be­fore 12noon.

With nine schools com­plet­ed by mid­day, the del­e­ga­tion head­ed next to Salazar Trace Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry, Point Fortin East Sec­ondary, Egypt Vil­lage Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry, Point Fortin RC, Holy Name Con­vent Point Fortin, Point Fortin AS­JA Pri­ma­ry, Point Fortin AC Pri­ma­ry and Point Fortin West Sec­ondary. The last two stops for the Hon. Min­is­ter and team were Fan­ny Vil­lage Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry, where a new school is cur­rent­ly be­ing con­struct­ed, and Ves­signy Sec­ondary.

All the prin­ci­pals, teach­ers and stu­dents ex­pressed ap­pre­ci­a­tion for the team’s vis­it, as it gave them the op­por­tu­ni­ty to share their plans, chal­lenges and suc­cess­es dur­ing what has been a dif­fi­cult time in the ed­u­ca­tion sys­tem. The MoE team had a first­hand view of the schools’ in­fra­struc­ture and en­gaged ad­min­is­tra­tors on safe­ty pro­to­cols and oth­er op­er­a­tional mat­ters at schools. Stu­dents used the op­por­tu­ni­ty to in­ter­act with the Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter, as she asked them ques­tions, shared in­spi­ra­tion and thoughts, and chal­lenged them to make the most of their time at school.

Min­is­ter Gads­by-Dol­ly chal­lenged stu­dents to, “take ad­van­tage of the ed­u­ca­tion you are re­ceiv­ing, pay at­ten­tion in class, do your home­work, par­tic­i­pate in school ac­tiv­i­ties; be dis­ci­plined in every­thing you do, re­spect your­self and oth­ers and al­ways be kind.” The Ho­n­ourable Min­is­ter stressed that every school and every child is im­por­tant and the Min­istry, their teach­ers and their par­ents are do­ing their very best to sup­port them. “Your prin­ci­pals and teach­ers have our sup­port to do all that is nec­es­sary and pos­si­ble for you.”