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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