 The theme for Mathematics Month is Mathematics Unites, and as such, students and teachers are expected to engage in a month-long calendar of activities wrapped around the promotion of math. District 1 started off the month with a launch activity held at the Grosselay Human Resource Development Centre, inviting primary and secondary school students for a morning of fun. According to District 1's Mathematics Support Teacher, Shavon Sidney, it's important for students to appreciate the connections that exist with math and everyday life. He says opportunities like Celebrating Mathematics Month allows for focus to be placed on the subject, which he says is well known to be a trouble area nationally. Today, you witness the launching of our Mathematics Science and Music Month. Every year in St. Lucia, in November, we do take time to place special emphasis on those three areas. As you well aware, mathematics seem to be a trouble area for many of our students, not just in District 1, but throughout the country. And this year, the theme for Mathematics Month is Mathematics Unites, and what the research says is that if students can see that mathematics is visible within the everyday life experiences in various subject areas, if they can make the connections, then it will have better meaning for them. In District 3, a math symposium was held bringing together mathematics teachers, numeracy and curriculum officers to break down poor performance of students in mathematics and to share best practices. District 3's Education Officer, Franstead Lawrence, described the activity as a tooling and retooling exercise, get towards refining the skills and attitudes of teachers. Teachers, I urge you to continue to plan and execute impactful mathematics lessons. You are not only teaching effective application of the poor operations, but you are providing students with opportunities to develop problem solving and critical thinking skills. And most importantly, you are nurturing a love for mathematics. And effective teachers know that when a student has developed a love for our subject area, half the job is done. Therefore, educators, let us ensure that our lessons are impactful. This is doable when our lessons are reachable to all students. By all accounts, the Ministry of Education and all stakeholders continue to ensure the best delivery of mathematics at schools while actively trying to remedy the low national performance mean. More activities are expected to roll out as schools island wide celebrate and observe Mathematics Month 2022. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, I am Danielle Dubois reporting.