Dept: “Schools Are Stocked With Supplies”

The Department of Education said that “schools in the public system are stocked with the required materials and school supplies.

Responding to media reports which claimed an unreasonable number of supply shortages, a spokesperson said that the Department “always worked to minimize inconvenience and was sensitive to any problem areas.”

The spokesperson added, “While all essential needs are provided by the Department, schools typically work well together to exchange goods when one runs low, even though they are typically responsible for placing their own orders with the Stores Department.

“In addition, they also opt to further supply themselves through the help of their PTAs, by establishing a “wish list”. This is optional but somewhat of a tradition as a collaborative exercise, because parents often want to help their child’s school have additional items that at times could be obtained from the community.

The spokesperson said the “Department of Education encourages school principals to contact the Department should they have further requests for essential school supplies. The Department said it will resolve any challenges as best as possible, as first priority is always quality learning for students.

“The most recent shipment of school supplies is being inventoried and readied for necessary distribution.”

In addition, Department of Education officials met with the Bermuda Union of Teachers [BUT] in a regularly scheduled Joint Consultative Committee meeting yesterday [Sept 22], during which a number of general issues were discussed.

The Department and the BUT also discussed school needs and some of the challenges experienced, including school supplies.

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