EDUCATION

By Joyanne James. When children lack interest in learning, it makes teaching them a frustrating job. Parents and teachers feel as though they are speaking to the walls when children stare at them with no response. It seems easier to just teach anyway whether children learn or not just to …

Under normal circumstances, exams are stressful. Due to the global pandemic and volcano in St Vincent, 2020 and 2021 have amped up the stress to a much higher level. The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) has acknowledged this fact. It has instituted an official exam deferral policy that is free of …

The pressure is on for children around ages ten to twelve and their parents in Trinidad and Tobago as they face the upcoming ‘tournament of doom’ in April known as Secondary Entrance Assessment or SEA exam. This is the time when parents go berserk for extra lessons, last-minute exam boot …

Before the pandemic, a lot of children lacked interest in playing outside and having face to face interactions with others. Whether they liked it or not, they were obligated to head out to the physical world to school and family gatherings to interact with people. This break from their devices …

Are you feeling forgetful lately? Do you wonder what happened to the intelligent person you were just when you finished school? Life happened to you and you forgot who you were. You got caught up in the rat race living life monotonously from day to day trying to make ends meet …

Everyone dreams of a better salary. In most cases, the one hurdle is qualification for the new job that would provide the better salary. Time may also be a problem as there never seems to be enough time in the day. One solution may be to go to school online. …

By Ema Lee. “With physical appearance in the classroom becoming an option, the essence of discipline has become an option. Other than disciplinary and behavioural issues, the reduced course curriculum and the absence of exams has further made it easier for students. But are online classes all breezy?” It is …

Babies are constantly learning about the world around them by staring at everything that moves like the antics of people, actions of house pets, rotating ceiling fan, and spinning toys for babies. While looking, they are also listening very carefully. Keep your little ones active and happy with the right …

No two children are alike, so the same strategies cannot work for all. Many children daydream, “drift off” or “zone out” in the middle of a conversation with an adult. The baffling part is how well they can do insignificant things. A child who struggles with comprehension passages knows the …

Leave it up to children to run things and you may have yourself a big mess. Shower them with technology to keep them busy and you just might create a monster. Give loads of school work to keep children occupied and they may become resentful. So, what are parents to …