00:00One of the things that we don't want to happen is a repeat of what happened this year because we
00:06do not want a situation where children are under a lot of psychological and emotional trauma because of this whole
00:17process.
00:18So what we are going to do, we are going to look at it and we are going to do
00:21what is in the best interest of the children.
00:23On Thursday, 1,005 students will sit the SEA exam, 497 girls and 508 boys.
00:33There are currently 1,005 students registered to sit the SEA exam in 2026 at 41 examination centers across Tobago.
00:44This year, there are 497 females and 508 males.
00:5449 candidates are registered to write the SEA that will be housed at the Scarborough Secondary School.
01:01Those are the special private candidates. There are 49 of them.
01:05We have 20 students who have been granted special concessions.
01:11So far, we have seven emergency approval.
01:17Scripts for the exam have been received.
01:19Mr. Kerr said there is a challenge in the recruitment of special education teachers across the education system in Tobago.
01:27One of the challenges that we have had in Tobago is that we are having challenges to recruit special education
01:35teachers.
01:35And that has significantly created a problem in terms of how we want to treat special education.
01:43Nonetheless, I know that we have student aides and so on at some of our schools where we have special
01:49children.
01:50We have started that program.
01:52To accommodate students who might not be ready for secondary school, there have been teacher's aides, student aides, and remedial
02:02classes implemented by the Division of Education during the July Augustification.
02:08Mr. Kerr, who was joined during a media conference on Monday by school supervisor 2, Philip Rocheford, and advisor to
02:15the Division of Education and Natasha 2,
02:18had this message for Tobago's SEA students.
02:22I want to, at this juncture, the opportunity to wish all the students who will be taking part in the
02:29exam on Thursday the best.
02:31I want you to feel comfortable that everything is in place for you.
02:37You don't have anything to worry about.
02:38All you need to do is to go to bed early enough, get some good rest, get a good breakfast
02:45in the morning, and, you know, pray if you are of that, yes, if you are of that, and go
02:54to the exam and do your best.
02:58Kerr, who is a former teacher and a tutor Tobago officer, is also encouraging parents not to put pressure on
03:05their children.
03:06Kerr's son is also sitting the SEA exam.
03:09Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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