Health Min­is­ter Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe says he is ur­gent­ly gath­er­ing the nec­es­sary in­for­ma­tion to shed light on why lo­cal nurs­ing stu­dents are fail­ing CXC’s Re­gion­al Ex­am­i­na­tion for Nurse Reg­is­tra­tion (RENR).

On Tues­day, Trinidad and To­ba­go Na­tion­al Nurs­ing As­so­ci­a­tion pres­i­dent Idi Stu­art and for­mer nurs­ing lec­tur­er Mau­reen Gid­dings-Es­t­wick re­vealed that stu­dents from this coun­try have the worst grades in the re­gion, with a 50 per cent fail­ing grade over­all. They were both speak­ing at the launch of the Na­tion­al Nurs­es Cred­it Union Co-op­er­a­tive So­ci­ety Ltd.

Re­spond­ing yes­ter­day, Bo­doe said the da­ta is be­ing sought from the of­fice of the Na­tion­al Ad­min­is­tra­tor of Nurs­ing Ser­vices. He said once this is com­plet­ed, a sys­tem­at­ic re­view can be con­duct­ed.