The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) will pause all cam­paign ac­tiv­i­ties dur­ing Thurs­day’s SEA ex­am to avoid dis­rupt­ing stu­dents.

In a state­ment, the par­ty said the pause will run from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on 10 April across all 41 con­stituen­cies, cov­er­ing the hours stu­dents will be sit­ting the ex­am.

Fur­ther in­struc­tions have been giv­en to cam­paign teams to stop us­ing mu­sic trucks from 6 p.m. on Wednes­day un­til 3 p.m. Thurs­day, to en­sure chil­dren have a qui­et en­vi­ron­ment to pre­pare and rest be­fore the ex­am.

The PNM said it re­mains com­mit­ted to all cit­i­zens, “in­clud­ing and es­pe­cial­ly our young peo­ple who car­ry the promise of our shared Trin­ba­go fu­ture in their hearts and with­in them.”

The par­ty added, “The PNM wish­es all of our bril­liant stu­dents clar­i­ty of mind, a sense of calm, and every suc­cess in the 2025 SEA.”

Yes­ter­day, the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly’s Di­vi­sion of Ed­u­ca­tion, Re­search and Tech­nol­o­gy called on all po­lit­i­cal par­ties to avoid cam­paign-re­lat­ed noise and ac­tiv­i­ty in the lead-up to the ex­am. It pro­posed a 24-hour qui­et pe­ri­od be­gin­ning at 3 p.m. on Wednes­day to sup­port stu­dents as they re­vise and rest.

“A qui­eter at­mos­phere will go a long way in help­ing stu­dents re­main fo­cused, well-rest­ed, and emo­tion­al­ly bal­anced,” the Di­vi­sion said.

It al­so urged cam­paign teams, event or­gan­is­ers and mem­bers of the pub­lic to be mind­ful of noise lev­els around schools through­out the week.