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One Caribbean Nation. Jeff Broomes BY ANESTA HENRY Veteran educator Jeff Broomes has no issue with the 11 Plus Examination but he thinks the allocation of students is the real problem. Broomes said irrespective of what methodology was used, students must be assessed before they transition from primary to secondary school. The educator, who has assisted hundreds of primary school children in preparing for the annual examination, said the Ministry of Education’s allocation process was faulty and must be addressed. “So I am very much in support of any attempt to reassess the allocation process. But don’t tell me you are going to touch any of the pillars of education, and assessment is one of them. “Now in the whole issue pertaining to Common Entrance, allocation and the transfer system from primary to secondary school, there are a number of issues to be dealt with. First I feel the idea of this mass movement of children should stop. “Therefore we should be talking a...

The Mahogany Coconut Group Afer a rather long hiatus, we are ready once more to continue our thoughts and positions affecting the Caribbean region. Unfortunately, we enter 2020, with all the baggage of the last four decades. There are many who now opine , that the independence project has faltered and the continued political personality clashes within the region, are becoming a source of great embarrassment. We witnessed in very recent times the continued confusion inrelaton to LIAT. The regional airline is still unable to make a profit and the high costs of inter-island travel remains an almost permanent block to business and leisure travel within the region. Another source of bewilderment was the recent visit of the America's of Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo to meet a number of Caribbean leaders ( January 21st.20.). Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, the current Chair of CARICOM took umbrage to the gathering and refused to attend or dispatch her Foerign Minister t...