Hutton's Edu Unit owes Ministry millions in CXC fees (CVM)

According to CVM News, private school Hutton's Education Unit has jeopardized the chances almost 1,000 students have to sit CXC and GCE exams this June, by failing to pay millions in late exam fees. The school's owner, Mr. Hutton, is now begging the Ministry of Education help the school get a waiver of the late fees from CXC's head ofice, now enforced by the OEC in Jamaica. He has missed several deadlines offered by the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) to do so, the first deadline being Nov 25, 2009.

Hutton has not found the support of the Ministry's Permanent Secretary Audrey Sewell, who has concluded that the school has been engaging in delay tactics and must comply with the demands of the Ministry.
s exams arm, the OEC, to commit to paying all fees.

Mr. Hutton is blaming the head of the OEC for not communicating the financial difficulties of the school to the Ministry. He compared the alleged sabotage of the students future the OEC's head is engaging in to Pharaoh's stubborness in freeing the Hebrews from slavery in Ancient Egypt. Hutton has said to the OEC "let God's people go."

The Permanent Secretary has commended the OEC for it's many attempts through letters, phone calls and visits, to get Hutton's to comply. A final offer has been extended to Hutton to commit in writing by Monday March 17, 2010 to undertake full payment of outstanding fees in order to allow the students to sit exams.

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