To­day (Thurs­day), stu­dents sit­ting CSEC and CAPE ex­ams are be­ing as­sured that every ef­fort is be­ing made to get them safe­ly to their ex­am­i­na­tion cen­tres, de­spite se­vere flood­ing across sev­er­al parts of Trinidad.

Sec­ondary schools will not be used as emer­gency shel­ters, the Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment con­firmed, to en­sure ex­ams can con­tin­ue with­out in­ter­rup­tion.

“We are work­ing close­ly with the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion to en­sure every child has the op­por­tu­ni­ty to write their ex­ams, re­gard­less of weath­er con­di­tions,” said Min­is­ter Khadi­jah Ameen. “Par­ents with con­cerns should reach out to their re­spec­tive DMU (Dis­as­ter Man­age­ment Unit) to re­quest sup­port. Whether by truck or boat, we will get your chil­dren to their ex­ams.”