– up to Friday, no curriculum materials sent to schoolsThe Region Six Department of Education will launch its Remedial Vacation programme for Secondary and Primary School students from Monday but systems do not seem to be in place.At least up to Friday afternoon, the end of the school academic year, the situation appeared to be chaotic.According to a notice that was dispatched to all schools by the Assistant Chief Education Officer (Secondary),Cheap MLB Jerseys China, Ms Doodmattie Singh,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the programme will run from Monday to Thursday, 09:000 hrs to 12:00 hrs starting July 11 to August 26, 2011.Already, teachers have indicated their reservations in once again participating in the programme in Region Six after they experienced several problems last year.A snack will be provided for each student and the notice cautioned parents to ensure their children are regular and punctual.The programme will focus on students who are struggling with English and Mathematics in the primary and secondary schools. Materials have been designed and prepared by the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) and were supposed to be dispatched to all primary and secondary schools at least during the last week of the school term (the past week) but this did not happen.Application forms for students were distributed to the students this week. Parents and guardians will have to read and sign the forms,Nike Huarache Shoes For Sale, giving consent to their children to participate in the programme.Last year,Cheap Jerseys From China, there were several hiccups in the operation and execution of the programme in Region Six. Teachers complained of poor student attendance as well as poor supervision of the programme by the relevant authorities in the Education Ministry.There were also several problems in getting biscuits and juice (the snacks) for the students and some teachers had to uplift the items themselves from the Department of Education.But perhaps the biggest hiccup of all was that teachers who participated in the programme were not paid until December last year.Several letters had appeared in the press about the late payment. Up to a few weeks ago, a few teachers from the Berbice Educational Institute in New Amsterdam were not paid as well.“There was total confusion in the programme last year,Wholesale NFL Jerseys,” said one teacher. “The Department [of Education B/ce] ain’t know what they doing,” said another teacher.Teachers want to be assured that this will not happen again this time around and that the programme will be conducted better in 2011. They also said that the salary of $30,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys,000 was too small for participating in the programme.Up to Friday afternoon, schools in Region Six did not receive the Curriculum to be used to teach the programme on Monday.The materials are prepared by NCERD and forwarded to the Department of Education in each region.Efforts to contact the Region Six Education Officials, those in Georgetown and Coordinator of the Remedial Programme at NCERD,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, Mohamed Odeen and Mrs Zaira Hussein,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, acting Education Officer of Region Six, proved futile.