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No teaching at the Delaford RC school and the Pentecostal Light and Life primary schools on Monday as teachers and their principal used their time to clean their respective schools, while there was a lack of furniture at some classes at the Roxborough Secondary School and a compromised ceiling at the Roxborough Primary school were just some of the issues affecting some schools in Tobago, as the new school term got underway on Monday. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.
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00:00TV6 News caught up with Tutor Tobago Officer Braden Roberts as he visited a
00:05number of schools across Tobago. We spoke with him following his visit at the
00:10Roxborough Anglican School. At the Roxborough Anglican School a section of
00:15the ceiling was compromised with some concrete portions that broke off
00:20remaining on the floor. While at the Roxborough Secondary School some classes
00:25were without desks and the chairs. Students resorted to placing their
00:30book bags on the floor.
00:55In addition some teachers reported to schools over the weekend to assist with
01:49Some of the schools visited by Tutor Tobago Officer Braden Roberts
01:57included St. Andrews Anglican, Scarborough Methodist, Hope Anglican, Roxborough
02:04Secondary, Belle Garden Anglican, Roxborough Anglican and Roxborough
02:08Secondary Schools.
02:19However Tutor was pleased with the acceleration of work conducted at the
02:32Belle Garden Anglican School over the weekend. This comes despite some oil
02:37paint residue which stained the uniforms of some students.
02:49Because the state of the school now is far different to the state of the school it was just Friday gone.
02:55So they would have done the cleaning at the school, they would have removed some of the
02:59mesh, they would have filled up some of the furniture that was not so stable. It was too late they even sprayed
03:04for the termites which we would have raised. So I'm grateful that the
03:07division is listening. In terms of attendance there was an almost 100%
03:13attendance of teachers and 60 to 90% attendance of students at schools
03:20across Tobago. Elizabeth Williams TV6 News
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