A FOCUS ON LEARNING SPANISH

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There are conversations to make Spanish a bigger part of the primary school curriculum across the nation’s schools.  According to Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby Dolly, while it is mandatory from forms 1 to 3, there is a plan to put greater focus on introducing the language earlier on.  She was speaking at the Princes Town East Secondary School’s Spanish Day event on Tuesday.  Reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh was there and tells us more.

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00:00With more and more Venezuelans entering and living in this country, the Ministry of Education

00:06has been putting a lot of effort into integrating, sensitizing and introducing aspects of their

00:12culture across the nation's schools.

00:15Later this year, over 100 Venezuelan migrant children will be allowed to enroll at various

00:22Roman Catholic schools.

00:24But it's not just that.

00:26Education Minister Dr. Nayan Gatsby-Dolley says the Spanish language has also been a

00:31front-burner issue for the ministry through its Cultural Transformation Initiative.

00:54She was speaking at Spanish Day, hosted by the Princesstown East Secondary School on

01:17Tuesday.

01:31Here at Princestown East we celebrate all of the cultures, but where the Spanish culture

01:36is concerned, we want to ensure that we maintain student interest and enthusiasm for the language.

01:43Students need to know that Spanish is vital to today's society and just look around how

01:49many Spanish speakers we have in Trinidad and Tobago.

01:53It's important.

01:54The school's educators say they continue to carry out programs and events like this one

02:00with the aim of enticing students into learning the language.

02:05We cannot deny the Spanish influence in Trinidad and Tobago and in time I see that Spanish

02:13could become a second language in the country.

02:16So I believe that students should be encouraged to do Spanish and we try to encourage students

02:21to pick up the language.

02:22Now in our subject choices at the Form 4 level, we are offering Spanish at almost all of the

02:28clusters.

02:29more students who are choosing the language to pursue it at the Form 4 level.

02:45Cindy Raguban Tikasingh, TV6 News.

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