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Arrangements in place to accommodate students of gutted One Mile Primary – Govt. official
A plan of action has been developed to accommodate the displaced faculty and students of the One Mile Primary School in Linden, Region 10, which was gutted by fire on Sunday.
According to Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam the Ministry has been in discussion with regional officials. “We have some plans in place but we will share them with the media soon.” Sam spoke of plans to hold community meetings with residents. He was confident that the displaced students will be able to start school at the beginning of the new school
Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam
year, on September 3. “It is going to happen…alternative arrangements will be made and we will ensure that each child is accommodated.”
The Ministry of Education views the primary level of education as an educational foundation thus making it a crucial factor in the edification of the nation’s children. This assertion was in fact made months ago to this publication by Assistant Chief Education Officer (Primary) Marcel Hudson even as students across the country prepared to sit the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).
On Sunday last it appeared that this very important role of the Ministry of Education would have been severely hampered following the work of arsonists to destroy the One Mile Primary School. Just about 10 buildings have been destroyed in similar manner of recent in this town.
The mining town has been subjected to unrest since July 18th last when efforts, allegedly by police ranks, to put an end to protest action left three persons dead and several others injured. Residents were at the time protesting a decision by Government to introduce a hike in the electricity tariff.
Following the gutting of the school this newspaper was informed that intervening measures would be engaged by the Ministry Education to cater to the several hundred (in excess of 800) displaced students.
It was revealed even then that with school set for a September 3 opening, the Ministry of Education and Regional Officials will have to assume an over-drive mode to ensure that students are able to resume classes then.
The Ministry of Education is now forced to record one less primary school having started off this year with a total of about 438 which catered to almost 90,000 pupils.
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