EDUCATION Minister, Priya Manickchand yesterday visited the Starters Nursery School on Camp Street, Georgetown, where parents were registering their children for the new school term. Speaking with members of the media, the minister said the ministry is also urging all parents to register their children for the new academic year, which begins in September.
She noted that the registration would be ongoing for nursery and primary schools, and officers are visiting various schools where parents are registering their children.

Minister Manickchand explained that the policy is that children are entitled to a school closest to where they live, but there are allowances made for where parents are working far away from home; and in that case, parents can make an appeal to have their children placed in a school closest to where they work.

She further explained that, in that case, the placement is based on space availability, as the child is placed if there is space, but if none exists, the child can be placed in the next school that is closest to where he/she lives.