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EISS, SSPS Playfields in poor condition
As the old saying goes ‘all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’. Well, children attending the Essequibo Islands’ Secondary and the Sans Souci Primary Schools in Wakenaam are being starved of recreational activities for a number of years. This is due to the shabby state of both playfields which have being taken over by bushes.
The present state of the Sans Souci Primary School playfield.
The Physical Education teachers at both schools cannot use the playfields to execute their programmes, and it is expected that students will sit the PE exam in a few years at the CSEC level. Kaieteur Sport was made to understand that Alligators and Snakes were found in the Essequibo Islands Secondary school on several occasions.
Both schools are located in the village of Sans Souci and residents of the area said that since the EISS were relocated (from Fredericksburg) the students never had an opportunity to use the ground despite numerous efforts by the Wakenaam NDC to upgrade the playfield.
Chairman of the Wakenaam NDC Ahmad Zakir Khan in an invited comment said that efforts were made to upgrade the Primary school ground in 2012 but it was halted due to rain and work on the facility will commence shortly. He informed that a lot of work has to be done on the ground at the secondary school since it is low.
“The NDC had made a one million dollar proposal which was channel through the Youth and Sport officer to the Ministry of Sport in 2011 and is still waiting on a response. We did some work on the ground but it was not enough because the land is low and it has to be raised. This will take more than just the efforts of the NDC to fix”, added Khan. He also said the NDC would assist the clubs on the island to upgrade their grounds from time to time. This publication was made to understand that the Ministry of Education recently cut the Arthurville Primary School ground. It will also be beneficial if this Ministry can assist in the upgrading of the EISS playfield.
A dangerous ground! The EISS recreational facility has become habitat for alligators and snakes.
Wakenaam, a Dutch word which means ‘waiting for a name’, is an 18 square mile island and is situated in the mouth of the Essequibo River, and has a population of just over 3,000. The island has six cricket clubs but only three grounds are in playable condition, this forced some of the players to use neighbouring clubs, but despite these hiccups the island has recently produced two national cricketers; Ricardo Adams and Kemo Paul. Adams is a former student of the EISS, while Paul is still attending the institution.
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