Minister of Education, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine is apparently hopeful that extra lessons can in due course be dispensed with. Earlier this month Stabroek News quoted him as saying “My own feeling is that ...

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I refer to the article captioned ‘Roopnaraine takes aim at extra lessons’ (SN, June 7) to offer the following comments. It is time for this parallel education system, this underground learning economy ...

Recently, there have been numerous letters penned about extra lessons in primary schools, the latest being, "Our children aren't racehorses" by a Ms Scott (Express, May 23). I am disillusioned by the ...