THE EDITOR, Sir:

Jamaica's Ministry of Education should go around to public schools frequently and audit their operations without notifying them. I want to highlight some of the injustices that are taking place in our public schools. They are as follows:

• Students under siege for hours because a teacher's phone was missing.
• Students being charged as much as $50 for PATH lunches.
• Students being told they have to live with their learning conditions because their parents voted for the People's National Party.
• The classes are starting late daily because principal and teacher are selling in tuck shop.
• Students are given too much work to do in the curriculum for their age.
• Teachers are borrowing students' belts to beat other students.
• The principal is operating the school as if it is a private limited liability company.
• There were 15 textbooks on the booklist for a grade six student while other schools use only eight textbooks while studying the same curriculum.

KAREN MCFARLANE

Kar_mac1980@yahoo.com

Spring Garden, St Thomas