Coke’s View concern

WHITHORN, Westmoreland — Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President LaSonja Harrison has welcomed the National Education Inspectorate’s (NEI) planned assessment of Coke’s View Primary School in this parish. Scheduled for September 28, the inspection will coincide with classes being held in temporary board structures erected to fill the gap at facilities damaged by last October’s Hurricane Melissa.

“Let us see what the Ministry of Education will come in to inspect [at] the Coke’s View Primary School. When the inspection is done, then the union [JTA] will speak thereafter,” stated Harrison in response to queries from the Jamaica Observer during a tour of the institution Tuesday afternoon.

A senior teacher at the institution informed Harrison of the NEI’s planned visit. Formed in 2008, the NEI evaluates schools across eight key performance indicators (KPIs), including student output, student welfare, infrastructure, and governance.