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Tim Gopeesingh - Trinidad, Tobago / Caribbean - Posted: 2nd Sep, 2013 - 11:10pm
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BIAS AGAINST INDIANS
Dr Tim stands firm on 'ethnic cleansing' charge at hospital
Opposition MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh yesterday charged that Government was carrying out a policy of political discrimination that was targeting one particular ethnic grouping in T&T. Ref. Source 1
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Dr. Tim Gopeesingh must have been really mad at his son who was video tapped hitting someone in public with a cutlass! Apparently Dr. Tim Gopeesingh's son was at a doubles vendor buying doubles when a patron pulled up with a diesel vehicle emitting exhaust and did not switch it off causing the fumes from the vehicle to affect the doubles patrons. Allegedly, Dr. Tim Gopeesingh's son told the diesel vehicle owner to switch it off but he did not and so Dr. Tim Gopeesingh's son went and got a cutlass and started hitting the guy.
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This man NEEDS to stop talking, I am literally sick of the things he says and his intent of misleading parents of the REAL situation facing the schools in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Ministry of Education does NOT provide enough funding for schools and when they do provide it, they do it too late. What are principals and teachers supposed to do when there is not enough money for photocopies or the books arrive too late and during the year there is HARDLY any funding?
Let me tell you Mr. Gopseesingh, they have to raise funds and they shouldn't have to do that! If you do not wish for schools to charge extra fees then ensure your Ministry provides the sufficient funds and on time!
No principal, no teacher in Trinidad and Tobago wishes to use their own money to pay for things YOUR ministry should pay. Provide the funding and provide it NOW.
QUOTE EDUCATION Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh has urged parents of children attending secondary schools not to pay any fees to the school, whether for registration or other purposes.
Gopeesingh said the Government is providing funding to all schools-non-denominational and denominational-so that parents would not have additional costs.
The minister met yesterday with several secondary school principals to discuss issues such as registration, teacher training and infrastructure.
The meeting took place at the Rudranath Capildeo Learning Resource Centre in Couva.
Reading from the Education Act, Gopeesingh reminded principals that if they violated the Act, they could be "guilty of misconduct".
He said he was informed that some principals were charging as much as $1,000 registration fee. "This has to stop," the Education Minister said.
Gopeesingh told the Express: "We make it quite loud and clear to the national community that no parent must be charged any fee, whether it is registration or any other relevant thing they (School's principals) may consider unless they get written permission from the Minister of Education which I am not giving."
The Education Act states: "Except with the written permission of the minister, a principal or board of management may not impose a charge of any kind whatsoever on pupils in a public school in return for any service provided by the school or by the principal, board or any teacher or as a contribution in respect of any activities normally undertaken as part of the curriculum of the school. Source 7
Gopeesingh said the Government is providing funding to all schools-non-denominational and denominational-so that parents would not have additional costs.
The minister met yesterday with several secondary school principals to discuss issues such as registration, teacher training and infrastructure.
The meeting took place at the Rudranath Capildeo Learning Resource Centre in Couva.
Reading from the Education Act, Gopeesingh reminded principals that if they violated the Act, they could be "guilty of misconduct".
He said he was informed that some principals were charging as much as $1,000 registration fee. "This has to stop," the Education Minister said.
Gopeesingh told the Express: "We make it quite loud and clear to the national community that no parent must be charged any fee, whether it is registration or any other relevant thing they (School's principals) may consider unless they get written permission from the Minister of Education which I am not giving."
The Education Act states: "Except with the written permission of the minister, a principal or board of management may not impose a charge of any kind whatsoever on pupils in a public school in return for any service provided by the school or by the principal, board or any teacher or as a contribution in respect of any activities normally undertaken as part of the curriculum of the school. Source 7
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Sometimes this man just shocks me in a wrong sort of way. First, telling the principals that they shouldn't ask for registration fees because the Ministry provides all the funding and now admitting that the Ministry has not paid for text books for September and the students may not get them on time. What are students supposed to do for the first or second term if they don't have the material? And what are teachers supposed to do? And what the heck is the Ministry doing with their money that are unable to pay the publishers? Because they are always paying late, usually 1 or 2 months late but now they are late for a whole year.
QUOTE Speaking with the Express on the issue, Minister of Education Dr Tim Gopeesingh apologised to the publishers for the late payments, but assured that the Ministry was working on settling the debt.
"We are behind time on the completion of the payments to the publishers, we do apologise to the publishers. It, payment, is on stream now with the director of finance at the Ministry liaising with the Ministry of Finance and hopefully. Source 3
"We are behind time on the completion of the payments to the publishers, we do apologise to the publishers. It, payment, is on stream now with the director of finance at the Ministry liaising with the Ministry of Finance and hopefully. Source 3
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Tim Gopeesingh needs to have a different portfolio. I don't think Education is where he needs to be. Glad I don't have to worry about where else to put him.
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Some schools (Around 25) remain closed today because of health / safety concerns but no notifications were sent to parents, therefore parents and pupils turned up to these schools only to be turn back with no indication as to when it will re-open.
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