In preparation for next month's much talked about and hyped three day education summit, the National Committee for Families and Children (NCFC) is this week holding its own round of consultations with upper primary and high school students.
The sessions started in the north on Monday and today about 50 students from the Belize and Cayo districts had a face to face with policymakers at the Holy Redeemer parish hall.
NCFC's Executive Director Judith Alpuche told us more.
Judith Alpuche, Executive Director - NCFC
"We are hoping that with the students today we will be able to assess what is going in the educational system. That they will be able to also provide recommendations and talk about what is the role of students in any kind of plan of action etc that the ministry will put together to address these issues."
"We find that students are saying that when we talk about participation etc. they don't think that they have a voice in their school at all. We are finding things like the issue of textbooks across the board -we need standardized textbooks etc. But on the good side we hear that some teachers are doing very well and some teachers are, the term the group used which I was facilitating is 'strict but fair.' So you know we are getting that kind of feedback."
The consultations move to Stann Creek tomorrow and then conclude in Toledo on Friday.
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