The third an­nu­al Pri­ma­ry Ple­nary Car­a­van gets un­der­way on Mon­day with four schools in To­ba­go East and West get­ting their first lessons.

For two weeks, of­fi­cials from the Ed­u­ca­tion and Out­reach Unit of the As­sem­bly Leg­is­la­ture will en­gage stu­dents from all 42 pri­ma­ry schools on the is­land.

Stu­dents will be sen­si­tised on the role of the As­sem­bly Leg­is­la­ture, how as­sem­bly­men func­tion, and al­so test their de­bat­ing skills in a fun at­mos­phere.

Pre­sid­ing Of­fi­cer Niall George is al­so ex­pect­ed to be part of the car­a­van.

At the com­ple­tion of the car­a­van, stand­out schools will be se­lect­ed for the of­fi­cial Pri­ma­ry Ple­nary De­bate at the As­sem­bly Leg­is­la­ture, Scar­bor­ough.

As­sem­bly Leg­is­la­ture com­mu­ni­ca­tions of­fi­cer Aviana Al­leyne said the next phase in­cludes spe­cialised train­ing of stu­dents on par­lia­men­tary pro­ce­dures, dress code, eti­quette and pub­lic speak­ing. Once pre­pared, the stu­dents will be able to take cen­tre stage in the Pri­ma­ry Ple­nary De­bate.

The car­a­van rolls in­to To­ba­go East on Mon­day with stops at Char­lot­teville Methodist Pri­ma­ry School (9 am) and Char­lot­teville SDA Pri­ma­ry School (10.30 am). To­ba­go West will be fea­tured with stops at Ma­son Hall Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School (9 am) and North Re­gion­al SDA Pri­ma­ry School (10.30 am).

Al­leyne said, "Our man­date is to en­gage and ed­u­cate at all lev­els and we're go­ing to do that in a fun, en­gag­ing and high­ly-im­mer­sive way.” - Stephon Nicholas