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Bats invade teachers’ living quarters at Wallaba Primary
…WIN calls for urgent Govt. intervention
Kaieteur News – We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party on Saturday called on Education Minister, Sonia Parag to make an urgent intervention at the Wallaba Primary School in Region One, where the teachers’ living quarters have been reportedly infested by rats, bats and other pests.
The current state of the teachers living quarters at the Wallaba Primary School
After just three weeks of the new school term, the Opposition party highlighted that the building also has no electricity, forcing teachers to seek refuge with their colleagues.
Moreover, WIN said some teachers have been receiving half-salaries.
“Despite repeated complaints to the education authorities and promises that it will be corrected, nothing was done. They are having to deal with heavy bureaucracy, going through several chains of command and to no avail,” the party explained.
It noted that frustrated parents highlighted these and other concerns, adding that government continues to neglect hinterland schools while the bulk of resources are invested in schools on the coast where there is more visibility.
Meanwhile, WIN in a separate statement raised concern that no “proper arrangements” have been made since the 2020 Madhia dorm fire for students who are writing the National Grade Six Assessment and are likely to be placed there.
The party said, “Children from Karapow, Chenapow, Kamanah, Kamana, Muruwa, Wailang, Kamana, Sandhill, Karisparu, Micobie, and Kopinang are deprived of access to education, as the Paramakatoi and Kato Secondary schools are overcrowded, the dorms are full and it is impossible for students from these areas to travel daily through the mountainous terrain.”
The unavailability of rooms at the two secondary schools in the Region has reportedly resulted in low attendance and even drop outs which lends to other issues such as drug use and teenage pregnancies.
To this end, WIN argued, “The neglect of our young people in the hinterland is unconscionable. This administration abandoned its duty to protect and educate the nation’s children. We have highlighted the issue, and we urge the Ministry of Education to resolve this matter.”
WIN believes students in Region Eight should, at minimum, have access to stable internet and the option of online learning in the interim.
In an invited comment, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education, Rehana Ahmad explained that a task force was set up recently to address issues plaguing these and other schools across the country.
In a statement on Thursday, the Education Ministry said the task force will examine repairs to damaged infrastructure and other issues affecting the hinterland region.
Additionally, Minister of Aviation and Utilities, Deodat Indar who is also part of the team committed to address all issues under his remit in six weeks.
Parag has said her team will ensure issues affecting students and teachers are “resolved as hurriedly as possible.”
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