The textbook situation at Kopinang

Sep 24, 2018 Letters

Dear Editor,
I wish to inform your readership of an issue affecting Kopinang Village (Region 8) that has at this point become intolerable. The students of Kopinang Primary School have for the longest while been faced with a shortage of textbooks in the key subject areas of Mathematics, English, Social Studies and Integrated Science.
It has come to the point where students and residents cannot continue to accept this situation. As a former student of the primary school I am greatly concerned about this matter and cannot stand idly by as it continues.
My village is located on the south western reaches of our country, nestled in the beautiful of valley of Kopinang Mountain and close to the Guyana-Brazil border. As pristine as my village is, travel there has always been a difficult task even within the Region. Flights must be chartered from the Eugene F. Correia Airport in order to travel to Georgetown.
This route is expensive and many persons in and out of the village cannot afford this journey. Therefore, accessing textbooks, especially those that serve as the foundation to our education is not an easy task.
Without enough textbooks, the children of my village are unable to firmly establish their understanding the core subject areas before embarking on their secondary schooling. This, without a doubt, puts them at an unfair disadvantage when writing their Caribbean Secondary Examination Council (CSEC) exams.
There are instances whereby four students are asked to share a single textbook. This is unfair and underserves Kopinang students’ right to education.
By writing this letter, I hope that I can draw the attention of the Ministry of Education or any public spirited citizen or organisation to this plight and bring prompt relief to my village’s distress on this matter.
By investing in Kopinang’s education it will give our young minds a chance at passing their CSEC exams with good grades while securing paths for our future leaders to shine in world.
Yours Faithfully,
McDel Nazio.

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