Minister promises textbook delivery by April
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
The minister had called the meeting to address a number of issues, especially the dismal results of 2012 Junior Certificate Examinations.
Public junior secondary schools nationwide have had no prescribed textbooks since 2011, a situation MoESD has blamed on a protracted court battle between the ministry and two publishing companies, Pentagon and Medi Publishers.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...