PHILIPSBURG–Students continue to share their frustrations with the newly-launched driver’s licence examination system introduced by the Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Driver’s Exams Department (DED).
The Consumers Coalition said at a press conference on Thursday that it had received additional concerns and complaints from persons who have recently taken the new digitised exams. The coalition met previously, with the TEATT Inspectorate to discuss the students’ concerns and possible solutions for the situation. In that meeting the coalition offered suggestions for the improvement of the examination system.
“Students are complaining that they have not received any instructional materials to adequately prepare them for the computerised multiple-choice examination system. We want to know what was done with our recommendations,” said Jessurun. “They are failing the exam because they are still having issues with the computerised examination system.”
Several persons provided the coalition members with an email they had received on Tuesday from a company based in the Netherlands, Drive Right International. In this email, the company recommend the use of its computerised theory practice test application called the Traffic Trainer.
“We have questions for the drivers’ instructors and the Inspectorate of TEATT based on statements within the email received by persons from Drive Right International. In the email the company stated: ‘Traffic Trainer, an online E-Learning training and testing tool, is updated on a daily basis with test questions from the DED.’
“How it is possible that the Dutch company can provide daily updated questions from the DED theory test and not the drivers’ instructors of St. Maarten?” Jessurun asked.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/91975-students-complain-about-new-driver-s-licence-exam-system
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