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Written by Nariba Robinson—Sept 2, 2010
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A free and confidential national student hotline will be launched next week — when the new term begins — as a collaborative project of ChildLine, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of the People and Social Development.
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Written by Nariba Robinson—Aug 26, 2010
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When Andrew Anirudh’s parents find out the official cause of his death he may well be the country's fourth dengue fatality, this after the Ministry of Health confirmed with The Student Press today that 14-year-old Showin Bando died from dengue at the San Fernando General Hospital in July. Andrew died at the same hospital on Aug 24. He was 18. Which means, of the four victims, two were teenagers.
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Written by Vishala Ganesh—Aug 25, 2010
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National security minister Brigadier John Sandy believes an upsurge in youth violence is one reason the Citizen Security Programme (CSP) within his ministry is working on creating more youth-friendly spaces across the country.
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Written by Nariba Robinson—Aug 25, 2010
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Information technology company Hewlett-Packard (HP) has been awarded an TT$83 million contract to provide approximately 20,400 laptops for use by first-formers at 131 schools.
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Please, we don't need another lecture! That's what young people told government when the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs hosted the north leg of their nationwide youth consultations on Aug 21 at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port-of-Spain.
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The much-anticipated results for students who wrote the CSEC and GCE O’levels and A’levels are finally out. A press release by the Ministry of Education at 11:45 this morning said results can be collected by principals at their respective district offices from 1pm today.
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Written by Kerry Peters—Aug 13, 2010
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A lower-six student of Naparima Girls' High School committed suicide this morning because she was distraught over the results of her CAPE examinations. This is not the first time a link has been established between the exams and adolescent suicide. In 2008, 19-year-old Martin Joseph, a student of Toco Composite at the time, hanged himself with an electrical cord attached to a rafter in his bedroom, after getting depressed over CAPE exams.
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The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs yesterday launched National Youth Month with a promise of national youth consultations across the country. The launch coincided with the United Nations' declaration of International Year of Youth beginning Aug 12.
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They're here — finally. Results for the Caribbean Advance Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) will in fact be released to principals today according to a release from the examinations section of the Ministry of Education issued at around 10:45 this morning.
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Written by Brandon O'Brien
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CAPE and CSEC students are to get examination results some time next week according to a statement by Yvonne Lewis, acting chief education officer at the Ministry of Education.
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