Nothing being done to address overcrowding at East Ruimveldt Secondary School

May 08, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,
I have a son, 13 years old, attending East Ruimveldt Secondary School. I attended a meeting on Friday summoned by the Parent Teachers’ Association (PTA) to discuss the absurdity of our children attending school two days a week, in spite of the general open up announced by the Ministry of Education recently.
For some time now, the Government is aware of the serious overcrowding at the school. In some cases, classes consist of over 40 children. The results are cramped conditions and a shortage of school furniture.
Parents are horrified with this boast of expanding infrastructure and lots of money from oil and gas, that this community in this part of the city should be ignored and we believe we are being treated as second-class citizens.
Dear Editor, something is wrong when in certain areas, there is adequate space and furniture and I ask you to ascertain why citizens in this part of the Republic are being treated with such disregard and disdain, and we wait from the Government since members of the PTA dispatched a petition drawing this unacceptable situation to the attention of the Hon. Minister, a situation that the Minister and Ministry were well aware of but seem to be quite callous about the plight of this community.
Sgd: Gwennete Caesar-Squires

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