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paid_influencer wrote:you know somehow I get a reputation for being fair and balanced...
paid_influencer wrote:you know somehow I get a reputation for being fair and balanced, so I going to give credit where it is due. I going to big up the PNM specifically Nyan Dolly.
Today I am seeing the Ministry of Education launched a FYIRSTT app (First Year Infant Registration System of Trinidad & Tobago). Yes, it is a simple app, which a certain patronage network probably billed taxpayers a huge amount for, but more than that, I am looking at the bigger picture and the bigger plan by the Ministry.
Anyone familiar with the first-year infant registration will tell you how chaotic it is. There was no central planning. Parents had to apply to a number of schools since you might get rejected from one but get accepted by another. That results in every child having to complete about 5 forms for different schools. Parents had to go to each and every school and get a physical form. People have rely on word of mouth for information when forms come out, often there is rush to get a form early (the thought process being that since all the schools "fill up," getting a low-numbered form was an advantage to selection). Schools used to "run out" of forms very conveniently sometimes.
And that was just one part of it. Parents naturally sought to give their child a spot in the most 'brand name' schools, like TML in San Fernando. What happens is parents from all over suddenly find a way to reside within 3km of the particular school, and that school receives thousands of applications for a handful of seats. Persons who legitimately reside within the catchment area are disadvantaged and you get all that comes with it - excessive traffic (because everyone needs to use a car to get to school) and the logistical problems that primary schools aren't outfitted to deal with.
Next is the 'who you know and who knows you' factor. Some parents get rejected from all the schools they apply to and others get accepted to all the schools. There is no transparency on who or why any particular child got rejected over another. But I reiterate that these are public schools, paid for by the public purse. Everyone, from doctor and lawyer to cleaner and labourer, have equal right to that seat under the published criteria.
Now back on topic, the launch by the MoE does three things:
(1) Immediately make the process much easier and more convenient for parents.
(2) Removes soft-obstacles to access, such as schools "running out of forms"
(3) Centralises the location data, so you can't have parents with multiple addresses for multiple schools
(4) Provides a database for the MoE to record, analyse and take action in the future.
(5) Lays the groundwork for a more equitable primary school entry system, where no child gets disadvantaged no matter the socioeconomic situation of his or her parents.
It easy to criticise everything, but being fair and balanced is harder. I have to say this is yet another case of Nyan Dolly making systematic changes that will be helpful not just today, but well into the future for all of T&T, indian or african, pnm or unc.
tl:dr great is the pnm and it shall prevail
MaxPower wrote:She eh even looking like Sabga
Mmoney607 wrote:MaxPower wrote:She eh even looking like Sabga
The greatest part of this is that she did an interview with guardian newspaper in 2021 under the name jineil hospedales and the name of the ngo was victims in the dark. Then two years later she did an interview on cnc3 with JW using the name sabga for connect88. And nobody in guardian media questioned how she get the name sabga
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Back to the topic at hand
paid_influencer wrote:
MoH bad paying the dialysis center and treatments being cut down to 2 times a week
people need to understand what at stake this rounds for them personally and vote accordingly
Government always paying late and you know how they like to spin it.....well the money sure doh Hutt yuh head88sins wrote:paid_influencer wrote:
MoH bad paying the dialysis center and treatments being cut down to 2 times a week
people need to understand what at stake this rounds for them personally and vote accordingly
yuh feel that bad?
Imagine, yuh spend a couple mil to open a private dialysis center, in a prominent local private hospital, and govt sending patients by u from every govt hospital, and u have documents to prove that govt says that they will forward payment, but 3y ears yuh still waiting to get paid for the first patient and meanwhile you absorbing costs and begging suppliers to not cut you off, to the point where you simply abandon the entire enterprise and write it off as a loss.
call d right names and ah go whistle
hover11 wrote:The Immigration Division in San Fernando is closed until further notice, due to non-payment of rent and other alleged problems. UNC again always causing problems
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The people cool with it....hover11 wrote:The same who man increased his salary by 47 percent , collected over one million dollars in backpay and will collect 100k in pension every month for life decided to put in his two week notice...well yes
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sMASH wrote:The people cool with it....hover11 wrote:The same who man increased his salary by 47 percent , collected over one million dollars in backpay and will collect 100k in pension every month for life decided to put in his two week notice...well yes
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The_Honourable wrote:sMASH wrote:The people cool with it....hover11 wrote:The same who man increased his salary by 47 percent , collected over one million dollars in backpay and will collect 100k in pension every month for life decided to put in his two week notice...well yes
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Correct... trinis was mumbling for a while but now they wining low for the carnival
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:I'd give the encumbent a +1 for the works done at omera road. Traffic flowing nicely there.
hover11 wrote:What's the difference if Rowley resigns today or two weeks from..... I asking a genuine question
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