Min­is­ter of Ed­u­ca­tion, Michael Dowlath, on Wednes­day host­ed a fo­rum with Prin­ci­pals of Gov­ern­ment and Gov­ern­ment-As­sist­ed Sec­ondary Schools un­der the theme “Lead­er­ship in Mo­tion – Ac­tion Plan Fo­rum.” The ses­sion was at­tend­ed by ap­prox­i­mate­ly 125 Prin­ci­pals and 18 School Su­per­vi­sors III rep­re­sent­ing the sev­en Ed­u­ca­tion Dis­tricts across Trinidad.

The Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion’s Se­nior Ex­ec­u­tive Team al­so par­tic­i­pat­ed in the fo­rum, which was con­vened to share the Min­istry’s strate­gic vi­sion, gath­er feed­back, and pro­mote col­lab­o­ra­tion in strength­en­ing the ed­u­ca­tion sys­tem.

Per­ma­nent Sec­re­tary Claudelle Mc Kel­lar told the gath­er­ing that Prin­ci­pals hold a cen­tral role in ad­vanc­ing the Min­istry’s goals. He said that school lead­ers are tasked with trans­lat­ing na­tion­al ed­u­ca­tion poli­cies in­to prac­tices that shape the dai­ly ex­pe­ri­ences of stu­dents.