For many years and indeed, more so in recent times, there has been a clamour by virtually every stakeholder in education that the secondary sector in Trinidad and Tobago is in crisis despite consistent efforts at reform. What passes for the norm in the nations schools is that teachers encounter students who on a daily basis are unable to perform even the slightest learning tasks. This problem, however, goes back to the primary system where there are students who lose their capacity to learn what is taught. It is estimated that 1 in 6 children in Trinidad and Tobago is affected with some sort...