So, in other words, they are D average but just dont call them that? Leave them alone to grow up and get a job paying low enough that they have to prostitute their daughters?

What puzzles me is that the Minister don't want to call then D average, but yet she give statistics talks about how many got subjects with at least a D. So what gives.

The MOE Minister is right.

The national results reflect the BEST of the students who actually sign up to take these national exams. It doesn't account for those who don't write any or few exams.

In truth, many students do not even take the required five BJCs much less pass them. Every year, the BEST results are heavily skewed towards the students in the PRIVATE schools who pass most of the exams with QUALITY grades.

Another thing that she isn't telling the public is that in most PUBLIC schools, the kids are taking BJCs all the way up to Grade 12 in the hope of getting five to graduate, while most kids in PRIVATE schools take BJCs in only Grades 7-9. In other words, most public high schools are now teaching more for BJC than for BGCSE.

If the results were actually presented as PUBLIC vs PRIVATE schools, it would be truly embarrassing to MOE. But, the Minister is a QC graduate, so she living in her bubble.

steeprunner12. Just one more truth that the politicos would like us not to know. minister scores a D- for performance.

Excellent points.

So, this is just not accurate. In fact, the level of nonsense and scatological foolishness in this post is mindboggling.

In other words, I was unsuccessful in bringing the average up , so let us rebrand the problem. Otherwise, I will not be elected again. Same strategy for the crime problem. They had signs up and realized that they could not cause a decrease in the numbers, so they said it isn’t a political problem, we all should help in the fight.

Let's call them 'A' students so that they feel they are doing well in school?

Whatever makes you happy "minister". Let's call them A students. Let's say that the public Bahamian education system is one of the best in the region or maybe in the world. Let's also say that our public schools are so safe,that the police presence there is purely cosmetic. Let's also say that you and your predecessors have done such a stellar job through the years that an international award is long due. Whatever makes you feel happy

Once we finalize all of the above cosmetic surgery on education', then we can start on the national debt. LOL

"We must protect and nurture and place the highest value on our young people. We ourselves must take responsibility for much of the challenges that our children and young people face. Don’t point the finger — look in the mirror.”

The Minister of the Education of the future and stability and success of the nation, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas is resting strongly on the past and present teachings of the nation and cannot be accusing all the people of the nation who look in the mirror after all these years at her failure.

The Minister of the nation ought to learn of the utter extreme trials, discriminations, deprivations and hardships of her colleagues and parent(s) raising them and are now in Parliament who have excelled and sitting in Parliament. Past Ministers of Education have done a lot of excellent work and produced good grades for students than today.

The Minister of Education can do better than publicly trying to censure people who have the right of free speech and rights stated in constitution under which she must abide.