In the wake of a large number of recruits having failed the recent army recruitment examination, a retired brigadier says the process should be extended to include basic educational courses and only successful applicants should be allowed to continue on.
Brigadier (ret’d) David Granger told Stabroek News, in an invited comment, that remedial education and training had been done through the army’s educational department in the past, though he could not comment about the status of the programme now.
Granger made these remarks after Colonel Bruce Lovell on Monday announced that remedial classes would be held for recruits who failed the examination. Lovell made these comments in his address at the GDF/Ministry of Agriculture Swine Breeding Programme launch. A disturbing 17.3% pass rate was registered after 393 GDF applicants wrote an examination which is set at the level of the National Grade Six Assessment examination.
