Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter Dr Michael Dowlath have as­sured that all is in place for the smooth con­duct of the Sec­ondary En­trance As­sess­ment (SEA) ex­am­i­na­tions, as thou­sands of stu­dents pre­pare to write the ex­am on Thurs­day.

An es­ti­mat­ed 17,937 stu­dents across Trinidad and To­ba­go are ex­pect­ed to sit the ex­am­i­na­tion at cen­tres na­tion­wide.

In a state­ment, Per­sad-Bisses­sar ex­tend­ed best wish­es to the can­di­dates, en­cour­ag­ing them to re­main calm and con­fi­dent.