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Claims of not enough clocks for students who required concessions for the SEA exam in Tobago. This from Tobago West MP Shamfa Cudjoe-Lewis who took to Facebook live on Thursday morning. Her comments have been debunked by the Division of Education and have been classified as erroneous.

Elizabeth Williams has been following this new development and has this report.
Transcript
00:00Today in Tobago we have the problem of parents showing up with their children to settle them
00:08in for exams and they don't have enough clocks so that these children who were approved to be
00:15tested under special arrangement can have their exams done. So as we speak the rest of the school
00:24start doing the exam the other children start doing the exam and we are scampering looking for clocks.
00:31Parents calling the division of education looking for clocks. Mrs. Cajol Lewis said she was notified
00:38of this development by concerned parents in Tobago who complained that an adjudicator stated no clocks
00:45no exams. So today the adjudicator walks into the room and tells this parent and student no clock
00:53no exam. Actually then they were trying to call division of education trying to get a clock.
01:01Can't get on to anybody to get a clock. The other children started their exams but the children who
01:09are there under concession cannot start their exam because there is no clock or there isn't sufficient
01:16clocks. Kajol Lewis said parents told her they had to leave their personal watches for their children to
01:23ensure they were able to sit the exam. She is calling on the THA's division of education to do better.
01:30Ladies and gentlemen, Tobago Indians, we have to do better than this. We can do better than this. This
01:38cannot be accepted. We know or the Tobago House of Assembly Division of Education knows ahead of time
01:46how many students were accepted based on concessions. You know ahead of time how many children you have to
01:54make arrangements for. So on exam morning, SEA exam morning, a day that is so important to these little
02:01children. You can't have little children who are already being tested under special conditions in the
02:09room by themselves. They can't start exam while the others have started. They are nervous because there
02:16are no clocks for them to do their exam. In response, the Division of Education classified the video by MP
02:23Chamfer Joe Lewis as erroneous. The Division of Education said, quote, the Division of Education wishes
02:29to assure and reassure parents and guardians and the national community that the 2025 Secondary Entrance
02:38Assessment SEA examination commenced on time and simultaneously across all examination centers in
02:45Tobago. Recent comments circulating via a video from the Honorable Minister of Sport and Community Development
02:52have sparked concerns about the absence of clocks at some venues, potentially delaying the start of
02:58the exam. We wish to clarify that this information is erroneous, end to quote. The Division of Education
03:05said all examination centers were fully equipped ahead of the scheduled start time. It further stated that
03:12each trained invigilator was provided with timekeeping devices to ensure accurate monitoring of the exam.
03:20It assured that there were no reported delays in the commencement of the examination.
03:26The Division of Education explained that candidates with approved special concessions,
03:31such as extra time at the start of their exam, was aligned with the national schedule.
03:38It urged the public to remain calm and trust that the integrity of the SEA examination process
03:44remains intact. Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
03:50That's the majorink of a lot of use of the testing and management of the requirements of the
04:05tests. Elizabeth Williams, TV7 News.
04:06That's a good problem.
04:07And that's a good thing to do.
04:08It's really a good thing to do.
04:09It's really a good opportunity to make sure to make sure that the effectiveness of the
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