The Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) has called on the Ministry of Education to schedule an urgent meeting to discuss the growing controversy surrounding a survey containing controversial questions and administered a week ago as part of a Computer Science test sanctioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).In a statement from the union, President Mary Redman said that though the union itself had “not been party to any discussions with the Ministry of Education and any other entities bearing responsibility for the “survey” or ”pre-test” on October 3, it is well aware of the current justifiable grievances it has raised.“The BSTU has therefore already written the Chief Education Officer asking for an urgent meeting to be provided with details relevant to the union so that it can have a fuller understanding of what took place. It has done this as a matter of course in its obligation to protect the interests of its members and its students. There are obvious implications for what may follow for its members and some of the students in the schools involved.”
