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Jan 30, 2013 Letters

 

 

Dear  Editor,
On January 9, 2013 the Ministry of Education reinforced a 30-year-old plan for Secondary schools, which seeks to give more periods on the school timetable for Mathematics and English Language.
Adding more contact time for Mathematics and English Language will first of all put the other subject areas at a disadvantage since the other subject contact time will be reduced. Secondly, more time allocated for Mathematics especially, may cause boredom and students will lose the little interest that they have in the subject area.
Thirdly, it seems as if Mathematics and English Language are the only subjects that the Ministry Of Education is focusing on.  In my humble opinion the number of students in Mathematics classes is too many and should be reduced so as to allow individual attention by the teacher.
The Ministry of Education implements policies without consultation with teachers who at the end of the day have to face the classroom to implement these policies.  No one investigates the problem and looks at the causes; instead they seem to go home dream some idea and implement it.
Has the Chief Education Officer of the Ministry of Education ever faced the classroom, has he ever implemented a plan that has worked for the betterment of the education system.
Does the Ministry take into consideration the needs of our society and the career opportunities when they seek to educate our people? These are the same persons who preach to teachers to give their all, and chastise them when things just don’t work out the way they wanted, when teachers are just working with the policies that they have implemented.
I am sure that you and your readers will agree with me when I say to reinforce a 30-year-old plan is shameful. Someone should start looking at the CEO’s performance and those who advise him and the Minister of Education.
Concerned citizen

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