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Kamarang schools need some attention — Teachers
Teachers operating in the small Amerindian village of Kamarang in Region Seven complain of feeling neglected.
The community has two schools- the Kamarang Nursery which houses 46 children and its Primary Section with 189 pupils.
According to the teachers, the two schools have needs that seem to be neglected by the relevant authorities.
The young children of Kamarang, Region Seven.
According to one Nursery school Teacher, it is sad that the small and active young minds at her school cannot yet benefit from any outdoor or sport facilities.
“The small children need stuff like outdoor swings and sports equipment and so. It is part of the curriculum. We talk to a couple people but nobody saying anything to us,” the teacher lamented.
Another educator explained that teachers in the Region are not motivated to work, especially since stationary and other learning materials are limited.
She expressed some amount of dissatisfaction, noting that it appears as though schools in the far flung areas are being overlooked.
During an earlier interview with Kaieteur News, officials of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) called for a level playing field for schools all across the country, since it was realized that those located in the rural areas are being somewhat ignored, while some are completely “forgotten”.
According to General Secretary of the GTU, Coretta McDonald, teachers operating in schools located in the rural areas have been complaining of feeling as though they are being overlooked by the Ministry of Education.
McDonald explained that among some of the things that may cause teachers to feel this way, is the fact that in certain parts of the country, teachers have not been receiving supplies which would enable them to execute their duties in an effective manner.
The woman added that teachers are, in some cases, faced with the challenges of supplying themselves with cardboards, pens, pencils, markers, chalks, and other materials to conduct their lessons.
This, the GTU believes, is unfair, especially since most teachers are not being paid as they ought to be.
“We keep in contact with these teachers, and in some cases we ask the parents to assist,” McDonald said. She added too that the schools that are most in need of supplies and attention are the ones that are being particularly disregarded.
She pinpointed a few areas where this is most prevalent. They included Matthew’s Ridge, Paramakatoi, Port Kaituma, and Leguan.
It was established that in the case of school counselors, they visit mostly the “fancy” Georgetown schools, despite the fact that those are not the schools that are seriously in need of these visits.
The Union said that the particular case of teachers not receiving adequate supplies to conduct their lessons lies with the delinquencies of Regional Education Officers, an issue that the GTU is also seeking to have the Ministry of Education address.
President of the GTU, Colin Bynoe, had described these officers as being too attached to their desks and not doing any actual ground work.
“If they do more of these ground work, they would know what the teachers need, and they can provide them with these, and things would be better for them, which would then be better for the students,” he said.
The GTU head noted also that the schools which are being strongly catered for by the various alumni should be given less preference, since there are those that are dependent solely on the assistance of the government.
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