TTUTA ON TOBAGO SCHOOLS

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TTUTA Tobago is ready to shutdown schools if necessary , if health and safety standards are not adhered to in Tobago. TTUTA Tobago officer Bradon Roberts spoke with TV6's Elizabeth Williams on Sunday, about the new school term which begins on Monday.  More in this report.

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00:00Health and safety concerns are paramount for us.

00:05Any breaches to that, we're going to guide our teachers accordingly.

00:08So they are refusal to work procedures.

00:10Mr. Roberts said a number of schools have a shortage of furniture, termites, and other

00:16health and safety concerns, and visits would be made on Monday.

00:22The termite infestation has been frequenting in the majority of our primary schools.

00:28I know a lot of mention, Bell Gardens, we have, I think, Mount St. George that has had

00:35the issue with termites as well.

00:37We have St. Andrews with termites.

00:40Majority of the primary schools have the termite issues.

00:43It's not that it's only one area of the island, but majority of the primary schools have the

00:49issues with termites.

00:50It's something that the health division should be able to treat with periodically.

00:55Mr. Roberts said a list of issues affecting schools was previously submitted to the Division

01:01of Education.

01:02So the list that was submitted was, it would have been submitted in categories.

01:06So we had plumbing issues, lighting issues, roofing and ceiling issues, termites, rock

01:13infestation issues, or woodland infestation, sorry, issues, furniture shortage, those main

01:22areas.

01:23We have other additional states in that some schools have specific concerns that I would

01:28have raised.

01:29One of the main issues also sent in is a list of schools, which are the majority, that needed

01:35to be deep cleaned.

01:36Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.

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