19,656 students are about to write the Secondary Entrance Assessment (S.E.A).

The students are to write the exam at various institutions, throughout the country this morning.

The duration of the exam has been put at, three hours and 20 minutes.

Minister of education Dr. Nyan Gadsby Dolly, tells students do your best.

Meanwhile, the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association said yesterday, all was in place for today’s S.E.A.

However, it described as madness, a planned one-time foot patrol at the Gloster lodge moravian primary school today.

The president of TTUTA said, the ministry of education has instructed the Principal, Vice Principal and security officer attached to the school, to conduct a security check before the secondary entrance assessment exam.  

Students and teachers at the Belmont institution have been traumatized, following a recent fatal shooting near the compound.   

On Tuesday, TTUTA called for relocation for students writing the sea exam.  

However, yesterday Martin Lum Kin said, he was unpleasantly surprised by the ministry’s directive.

Mr. Lum Kin slammed the ministry saying, it is clear the minister and her team are unprepared for sea 2024.

He said, while teachers want the best for their students, they will not risk their lives for that purpose.