Garbage bin fall costs State nearly $300,000

A FORMER pre-school facilitator who tripped over a garbage bin and fell while at the Port of Spain office of the Ministry of Education has been awarded over $250,000 after suing for breach of duty of care.

Julia Jagrup-Raghoo was 65 years and a former district Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) curriculum programme facilitator employed on and of with the Ministry of Education since 2013. She stated that in May 2020, she reported for duty at the ECCE division at the ministry’s St Vincent Street, Port of Spain location to sign a new six-month contract.

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Jagrup-Raghoo said that, after completing paperwork, she was walking back to her desk around 9.45 a.m. when she tripped over a steel garbage bin left in the pathway. She added that the pathway was further narrowed by a trolley which contained with files, on the opposite side.