Over three thousand three hundred (3,300) students have registered for the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) Vacation Revision Programme (VRP), which commenced on Monday July 10th, in eighty (80) primary schools across Trinidad.
The VRP Primary runs from July 10th to August 11th, and caters for students entering Standards Four (4) and Five (5) in September 2023.
In a release, Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said: “In 2022, the VRP Secondary was launched, catering for students entering Form One. In 2023, the VRP Primary has been added to the MOE’s offerings, at 80 Primary Schools under the Ministry’s Remedial Education Programme. This is yet another measure to provide additional academic and psychosocial support to our students and parents who need it most.
The MOE’s After-School Tuition Programme operated at these Primary schools throughout Academic Year 2022/23, and continuity is now offered by the VRP Primary, providing ample opportunities for our students to be positively engaged, and for the mitigation of learning loss, which is still affecting our students, some disproportionately, based on their COVID-19 experience.”
The actual figure of students registered for the VRP is 3,381.
The VRP will feature classes in Mathematics, English Language Arts and English Language Arts Writing, along with weekly sessions in Dance, Drama and Music.
The Ministry said that 90 per cent of the tutors selected for the VRP Primary are a part of the cohort of over 650 teachers trained in remedial teaching of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics by the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) during this Academic Year 2022/23.
Late registration for the VRP Primary is available until Friday (July 14).
Classes will be conducted from 9am to 3pm daily, and breakfast and lunch are provided for students. Parents can contact School Principals for further information.
Registration is open for the VRP Secondary, for students entering Form One, which begins on July 17. Physical forms can be collected at the 33 schools across Trinidad.
For further information on the VRP Secondary, follow the official MOE Social Media Platforms, and contact Secondary School Principals.