Ministry will consider opening PC to Georgetown students, Manickchand says

Some of the old students at yesterday’s meeting with Minister of Education Priya Manickchand and ministry officials

Stakeholders of President’s College (PC) including past students and board members yesterday met with the Minister of Education to discuss concerns about the school and the minister has now indicated that she will consider the possibility of opening the school to Georgetown students.

During a round-table discussion at NCERD in Kingston, a number of issues were raised by the former students including the state of the infrastructure and the poor functioning of the board of directors.

For more than four hours, approximately 30 former students asked Minister Priya Manickchand questions about the school’s current standing and what exactly can be done to address this.

Last month, the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results were announced and the school was noticeably missing from the ‘top schools’ list.

At yesterday’s gathering, Manickchand was questioned at length on just why the entry