RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter Dr Michael Dowlath has raised con­cerns about the grow­ing pres­sures fac­ing stu­dents, say­ing this has prompt­ed the min­istry to move ahead with a re­vamp of its Stu­dent Sup­port Ser­vices Di­vi­sion (SSSD) to pro­vide greater as­sis­tance.

Speak­ing to re­porters yes­ter­day fol­low­ing the launch of a spo­ken word po­et­ry com­pe­ti­tion at the Pointe-a-Pierre Staff Club, Dr Dowlath said the re­struc­tur­ing aims to strength­en sup­port for vul­ner­a­ble stu­dents, in­clud­ing those with learn­ing chal­lenges, autism and AD­HD, through a more co­or­di­nat­ed sys­tem of stu­dent aides, guid­ance coun­sel­lors and so­cial work­ers.