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As schools in To­ba­go re­open fol­low­ing yes­ter­day’s ad­verse weath­er con­di­tions, TTUTA To­ba­go of­fi­cer Bradon Roberts has raised con­cerns over the de­ci­sion to close all schools on the is­land.

Speak­ing on CNC3’s The Morn­ing Brew pro­gramme on Wednes­day, Roberts ac­knowl­edged the ad­vice and guid­ance pro­vid­ed by TEMA (To­ba­go Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency) and oth­er rel­e­vant au­thor­i­ties but ques­tioned whether a blan­ket shut­down was jus­ti­fied.

The Di­vi­sion of Ed­u­ca­tion, Re­search and Tech­nol­o­gy on Tues­day or­dered the im­me­di­ate clo­sure of all To­ba­go schools due to ad­verse weath­er con­di­tions as both is­lands were un­der a Yel­low Lev­el Ad­verse Weath­er Alert.