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The Ed­u­ca­tion Com­mit­tee of the Na­tion­al Mus­lim Women’s Or­gan­i­sa­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (NM­WOTT) host­ed a the­atri­cal pro­duc­tion ti­tled “A Good Son” on May 8 at the South­ern Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts (SAPA).

The event brought to­geth­er stu­dents, teach­ers, and par­ents from 17 sec­ondary schools across south Trinidad, of­fer­ing them not on­ly a com­pelling dra­ma ex­pe­ri­ence but al­so a space for di­a­logue and re­flec­tion on some of the most press­ing is­sues af­fect­ing the school en­vi­ron­ment to­day.

“A Good Son,” writ­ten and per­formed by Iere Pro­duc­tions, was de­signed to mir­ror the re­al­i­ties of the class­room. It ad­dressed is­sues such as bul­ly­ing, peer pres­sure, lack of em­pa­thy, and re­spect—themes that con­tin­ue to chal­lenge stu­dents, ed­u­ca­tors, and fam­i­lies alike. The per­for­mance struck a chord with the au­di­ence, de­pict­ing re­lat­able sit­u­a­tions and spark­ing re­ac­tions from at­ten­dees.