Vasant Bunwaree: "The 9-Year Schooling Will Be Introduced in 2015"

This was said Saturday, the Minister of Education, Vasant Bunware in response to the Private Notice Question (PNQ) the Leader of the Opposition, Paul Berenger, focused on the future of CPE.

In answering this question, the Minister of Education said that the project nine years of schooling is part of an in-depth reform in the education sector. It is the preparation for the children so they can become successful citizens and ready to face the world of work in the future.

In this context, the Ministry of Education wants to promote an educational system that can eliminate additional courses and to ensure that education becomes more rewarding and enjoyable.

In fact, the system of education to nine years was proposed last October during the last sitting of Education. The proposal of the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Xavier-Luc Duval, in his budget speech in relation to the introduction of the 9-Year Schooling is a valid measure to be implemented in collaboration with various partners world of education.

9-Year Schooling is done to reduce the academic pressure on children, teachers and parents. Attention will be focused on long-term learning. To introduce the 9-Year Schooling will require a number of conditions are met.

Recent measures relating to curriculum applied at the pre-primary, primary and secondary, are a solid foundation to enter the 9-Year Schooling, he said.

Regarding the area of pre-primary access to education increased from 82.3% in 2004 to 98% currently.

The educational gap between primary and secondary education has been eliminated. At the level of the primary sector, the curriculum has been revised and improved. At the secondary level, the new syllabus was introduced and both a national examination at Form III. The minister said that the school report will be introduced in 2014. These projects are key elements for the introduction of 9-Year Schooling.

The Education Minister also stated that there is now a new syllabus for Early Childhood for children 3 to 4 years, the Basic Schooling for children 5 to 14 years and Post Nine-year Schooling for college students 14 to 18 years. With such a background, many opportunities will open both academically and professionally for children.

To this end, the school infrastructure will be improved further so that there is no disparity between the schools. As against the old regime had created "ghost schools". He cited, Belle Rose SSS, Ebony SSS SSS Moneron. The minister's statement had angered the opposition members.

The speaker of the National Assembly, Razack Peeroo, should intervene to call to order. "This is the second time, I'm giving warning," said he said, noting that it would not be a third warning.

The opposition said the minister, was quick to move forward with a reform that could not be implemented properly. "Worse still, when they came up with a new system, they reformed the administrative system CPE but pedagogically zero. Steve Obeegadoo had messed up the system, "the minister said. With the introduction of 9-Year Schooling, parents will be made aware of the new method of teaching.

A committee of senior point currently working operation of 9-Year Schooling. This committee is working on several things regionalization, a certificate for the Lower Secondary Education. It should also state that since 2010, the national examinations at the Form III exist. Each level in education must have its method of measuring the performance of the child.

The opposition leader said the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Xavier-Luc Duval, had categorically stated that the CPE will soon be a thing of the past. What is it really? The Minister was to declare that the "CPE will automatically step out" when the 9-Year Schooling will be introduced.

"This is not to say that with the 9-Year Schooling there are not tests at life. But this will not be the CPE. Examinations of Form III will be consolidated as they decide their future in school, "said the Minister of Education.