So that ends the second school term, the fate of 'repeaters' CPE located in the first year of prévocationnelle sector has hardly improved. In the vast majority of colleges, education was not held in good conditions, lack of a curriculum of 'teaching aids' and teachers specifically trained to deliver these courses. This situation contrasts with the promises of the Minister of Education in December. His ministry is now asking schools to organize 'remedial classes' during the holidays.
Since the beginning of the year, they expected that the Ministry of Education provide them with a curriculum to prepare students to retake the CPE. However, these teachers prévocationnelle industry were surprised to receive last Friday of workbooks for two subjects, namely English and mathematics. However, they do not know what to do, since there was no clear communication about it. The mess lamented earlier this year by principals concerning the organization of courses for CPE repeaters 1st time continues in effect. "I understand the need to put these workbooks for children to do homework at home during the holidays and at the back, the teachers would correct," says a rector. But according to another director, these workbooks used for remedial classes that the Ministry will organize during the winter holidays, which begin next Monday. The request for the holding of these courses has been made verbally last week in some colleges. "The officers of the department have called us last week and asked us to see how to organize remedial classes during the holidays to fill the gaps," says the director of a private college. But this morning, a large number of institutions were still not aware of this specific request of the Ministry. "From what gaps speaks ministry. And who is responsible? This is certainly not the colleges, nor the teachers, much less students, " reacts with anger headmaster of a school in the capital.
After remaining silent for two quarters on the "1st Time CPE Failures" folder, the Department mobilized at the end of the quarter. According to our information, a meeting is scheduled this afternoon with the Ministry of Rectors on the idea of remedial classes during the holidays. While some teachers say they prevoc industry made efforts to rectify the shortcomings, others admit outright "not having much" during the first two quarter and hold the Department of Education responsible for this lack of motivation. " Minister met zanfan CPE dan kolez e apre li pa kapav donn ankadreman " and launches the president of a private college.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the ministry had promised to send some primary school teachers in private schools because "familiar" to the curriculum of the CPE. But most teachers approached refused to go there, and until now, colleges complain about the lack of qualified personnel for the CPE.
Moreover, it is good to know that the majority of these 1st time CPE Repeaters, which are allowed in the sector "Pre-Vocational Education" colleges, had previously attended a government school. The Department's decision to host since the beginning of the year, this group of students in the prévocationnel follows some insistent requests unions primary, the Mauritius Head Teachers Association, who no longer wanted to CPE repeaters primary. Moonsamy Sunnassee, union president of Head Teachers, said: "We have not said that we should send all the children who failed the CPE side. We said we should establish criteria for who could be admitted to the prevoc and those which must remain the primary for a second attempt at the CPE. But the ministry did not and chose the easy way. "
However, officials of RCA schools had encouraged parents whose children have failed the CPE first time to stay in primary school preparation for a second attempt.