The schools of Trinidad and Tobago Only 23 Venezuelan children will be admitted in the new school year that begins in September, leaving approximately 2,000 children without access to the educational system.
Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds said the schooling is intended exclusively for children of Venezuelan immigrants legally registered in Trinidad and Tobago in 2019.
According to figures from the Ministry of National Security, approximately 2,000 Venezuelan minors currently reside in the country, which is located just a few kilometers from the Venezuelan coast.
Schools in Trinidad and Tobago have admitted only 23 Venezuelan children
The Minister of Education, Nyan Gadsby-Dollyhighlighted at the same conference that Not all Venezuelan children They have the condition to enter schools. In the sense they admitted only 23.
Some others are in the various stages of putting their documentation in order. So, when they are ready, they enter the system.“, he noted.
Of the 23 children accepted, Gadsby-Dolly said four will go to public schools, 18 to religious schools and one to a private school.
Trinidad and Tobago is a small country and as generous as we are, there are things we need to be careful about.“, emphasized the head of Education.
From the point of view of the Venezuelan activist Yesenia Gonzalezwho has lived in Trinidad and Tobago for three decades, said that this measure is “discriminatory” towards children who do not have legal status.
Gonzalez said the government of Trinidad and Tobago is violating children’s rights by excluding them from the education system. She stressed that the country has sufficient capacity in its schools to receive unregistered immigrant youth.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned last year that Venezuelan refugees and asylum seekers in Trinidad and Tobago are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, and face a host of problems.
(With information from EFE)
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2024-08-23 04:38:26
