‘No child left behind’ policy to be reviewed – Manickchand

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand (left) about to enter Parliament on Thursday last behind Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran (Photo by Anjuli Persaud)

New Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said that she has heard enough grumbling about the ‘No child left behind’ policy to persuade her that there should be a countrywide consultation about the policy and whether it should remain in the school system.

“I am not going… to answer you now to say whether or not we are going to keep it in place; what I can say is that we will be consulting widely across the country about how people feel about it and whether