“ I am getting suspicious about the money that the PM and minister of Education has allocated in the budget for assessment. Who are the educational experts from the EQAP ? His son is not an expert. He is only an employee. Is the golfer/software expert one of them ? Why did not the minister take Dr. Pongi's advice but calling a meeting with some of the school principals to decide this very sensible issue ? Why did not he allow Dr. Pongi to present to the Cabinet as he did to Piveni ?
Piveni has been doing about 4 consultation meetings with officers from the Ministry of Education. In the last meeting, 3 officers told Piveni that they were no longer interested in repeating what he already said about the weaknesses of using raw marks. They were more interested in telling them the way forward. Unfortunately, the minister accompanied his political friend to this meeting. He immediately interrupted the meeting by raising his voice, "ko hai, ko hai 'ia kimoutolu te ne lava 'o analaiso e data ? Is this the way forward ? lol. I am sure this is the way he is going to take us during his time in office. ”