The Education Ministry is drafting a letter to send to all parents of school children to inform them of its sweeping education reform plans, Education Minister the Hon. Gerald Simons has confirmed.

It is hoped the letter will comfort parents up in arms over education cuts in the 1992/93 Budget.

Mr. Simons said there were many changes to the schools system already in place, such as the mentor programme and principals teacher-supervision training programme.

Parents will be advised of those changes in the letter and of other planned changes and when they will take place.

The letter will inform parents in detail of Government's education restructuring plans, explaining exactly what middle schools are and how their children will be affected.

"I think people will be comforted in knowing just how their kids are currently being affected by the changes and will in the future be affected,'' Mr. Simons said.

Parents and students took part in an unprecedented march on Parliament this month to protest teacher and programme cuts at the Island's public schools.

Head of the National PTA Mrs. Marian Askia said it was clear parents were not prepared to wait until the year 2,002 for their children to get a good education.

Parliamentary secretary for Education Sen. Jerome Dill disclosed in the Senate last week that the target date for the start of implementation had been put back a year to 1996.

But he said this year's Budget still contained some $3 million for start-up work on the new senior secondary school at Prospect, the centrepiece of the reforms.

Mr. Simons said the letter would be sent out sometime over the next few weeks.

Although the plans had received a lot of attention in the media recently and Education officials had spoken at several National PTA meetings, he felt there were many parents still in the dark about the reforms.

"We are simply attempting to make sure all involved are informed about the changes and that their questions are answered,'' he said.