TRANSFERS will be the exception and not the norm.
This was once again the warning sounded by Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw during a press conference at the ministry’s Bridgetown headquarters yesterday to announce the results of the Common Entrance Examination taken by 3 379 students last month.
“I know over the next few weeks the Ministry of Education will no doubt be bombarded by several requests for transfers, as has been done in the past. My position this year is the same as it was last year – only in extenuating circumstances would we be entertaining the requests for transfers,” she said.
“I stand firm that the school does not define the young person. I encourage young people to not be drawn into that conversation about which school you’ve gone to and which school you haven’t gone to, but rather to be able to apply yourself when you enter the new school, and for teachers to give as much support as they can to students.”
The minister called for all to be singing from the same hymn sheet as she encouraged students not to feel like failures regardless of the school they passed for.
“So many things can happen on the day . . . and I don’t think one day should be allowed to define someone’s life. I think we have to keep echoing those sentiments across the country. People need to realise that what may have obtained previously, may not have necessarily been the best thing for a number of students,” she said. (RA)
