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Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine on Friday urged students to pursue all-round development instead of merely academic development, while emphasising the need for music and sports to form an equally important part of their curriculum.

“May I also take this opportunity to restate my position that the system basically should offer our students a rounded education and not churn out onedimensional citizens,” Roopnaraine said in his address to the audience at the Ministry of Education’s 20th National Award Ceremony for Outstanding Performance, at the National Cultural Centre.

The minister further stated that the ministry is reviewing the curriculum to ensure that exactly that is achieved, while he critiqued the ceremony for only rewarding academic performance.

“May I reiterate my observation that these awards are all about academia and I am disappointed that in addition to the academic awards, there are no awards for the outstanding non-academic or hybrid aspects of students’ performance,” Roopnaraine stated.

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