{"id":27566,"date":"2011-02-14T06:39:05","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T10:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=27566"},"modified":"2011-02-14T09:09:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T13:09:58","slug":"if-not-you-then-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/letters-to-the-editor\/if-not-you-then-who\/","title":{"rendered":"If not you, then who?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A controversial questionnaire was given to students of secondary schools on the island last week. The questionnaire was coordinated by an organization \u201cGeneration of Opportunities\u201d (GO).<\/p>\n

According to the coordinator of the organization Rhoda St. John, the questionnaire was in response to the issues they encountered when ex-porn star Daniel Williams was on the island.<\/p>\n

The questionnaire raised eyebrows because parents were upset about the graphic content of the questions.\u00a0 St. John tried to clear the air on the Hot Seat last Thursday morning in response to the growing concerns as to the intent of the survey, the validity of the questions, as well as the motive.<\/p>\n

What is puzzling is that while St. John\u00a0 claims that she was given permission to distribute the questionnaire by the Ministry of Education but top officials from that ministry said that she was not given permission to do so.<\/p>\n

Information from the Ministry of Education stated that St. John was given permission to have the ex-porn star go to the schools, a decision I personally find to be irresponsible. However they said permission was not given to administer the questionnaire and only found out about it when parents kept calling to express their concerns.<\/p>\n

My question therefore is, who from the Ministry of Education gave St. John permission to administer the questionnaire since she claimed on national radio she was working with that ministry?\u00a0 Is it the Chief Education Officer or the Assistant Chief Education Officer or the Senior Education Officer for Secondary Schools?<\/p>\n

Is this another case of the right hand not knowing what the right hand is doing? Who is in charge of the effective management of the Ministry of Education?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A controversial questionnaire was given to students of secondary schools on the island last week. The questionnaire was coordinated by an organization \u201cGeneration of Opportunities\u201d (GO). 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