The Honorable Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Mrs. Rita Bourne-Gumbs would like to encourage all stakeholders involved in unfortunate negative issues or experiences at NIPA, to contribute to solving these issues via the proper channels.
The Minister has placed NIPA as a priority issue for the Ministry specifically within the Division of Inspection, the Division of Examinations, the Department of Education and the Staff Bureau.
“Unfortunately, government is sometimes the last to find out about serious issues and the details of those issues, because people can be resistant to filing official complaints through the correct departments or divisions,” Minister Bourne-Gumbs remarked.
The Ministry was made aware of long standing issues and strained relationships between students, teachers, management and the board of the school. Parliament has met officially with some of the stakeholders where different opinions were communicated to the country’s highest body.
The relevant departments have been diligently handling the issues as presented to them and, along with Minister Bourne-Gumbs, hope to offer a way forward soon so that the school can get back to developing and fostering a positive learning environment aimed for success.