SURINAME  – Whenever kids must do sums or do language exercises, they must first understand what is being asked of them. Ismene Krishnadath, Education Expert and pedagogical teacher at the Advanced Teachers’ Training Institute (IOL), pointed out that a thorough investigation must be carried out to determine why most pupils from all parts of the nation scored 5 for arithmetic. Language is evidently a big problem within the education sector because the results of all subjects are very low in general…[+]