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Letter to the Editor
Antigua News Room
Re: The Government’s Disregard for Real Educational Standards
Dear Editor,
The government continues to push the narrative that teachers do not care about the welfare of our children.
Yet, glaring contradictions in their own policies and actions suggest otherwise.
If this administration truly cared, why are they actively lowering the academic standards of our students?
In private institutions, students are held to a clear academic and behavioral standard.
There is a strong emphasis on performance, presentation, and discipline.
In stark contrast, many of our government school students are more concerned with brand-name shoes and $400 bags—bags that are too often empty of books or essential supplies.
Teachers struggle daily to get students to bring basic materials such as lab books or writing supplies.
These requests are often ignored for an entire term—or worse, an entire school year.
And when educators attempt to hold students accountable, they are labeled as wicked or inconsiderate. Is this the environment we want for our future leaders?
The laptops issued through government programs are riddled with defects. A known manufacturing flaw causes the screen edges to crack, eventually rendering them useless.
With these laptops damaged and books no longer routinely provided by the Board of Education, students are left stranded.
The reliance on the One-Learn platform and virtual copies shared via Google Classroom assumes that all students have consistent access to technology, which simply isn’t the case.
This technology gap forces teachers to print countless materials, leading to overworked and often malfunctioning school printers.
The burden falls yet again on educators who are already stretched thin.
Even transportation is failing our children. School buses are often gone within 2 to 5 minutes of dismissal, leaving children behind with no regard for their safety. Where is the accountability?
And now, the government has quietly lowered the national average to 50%.
Is this an honest acknowledgment of a decline in academic performance—or is it a deliberate dumbing down of our population to make future generations easier to manipulate?
How do we explain students entering secondary school unable to read beyond a Grade 3 level? If our leaders truly care about the welfare of our children, then raise the standards—raise them boldy- so they may answer to duty’s call!
In the end a country’s strength is in the minds of its people. If we are not educating them properly, we are failing them entirely.
Concerned Citizen
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This is exactly why our education system is failing our children. Standards matter!
How long do we have to deal with this before real change happens?
How can we expect a prosperous future if the government isn’t investing in the most important asset—our youth?
How much longer will the education system suffer while we wait for real change?
The government needs to listen to educators and parents, not just focus on politics.