Good Hope Nursery teachers pleading with Education Ministry
– school needs supplies, improved infrastructure
Teachers attached to Good Hope Nursery School in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) are calling on the Region Two Administration through the Department of Education to demolish the old wooden building that is next to the school so that the children can use the area for a play-park. According to acting headmistress, Neelmattie Sarju the building is a ‘white elephant’, which serves no purpose.
The old wooden building next to the Good Hope Nursery
Sarju suggested that the materials from the building could be used to construct a storeroom/bond for the school and that the land can be converted to a play area. The building is old and dilapidated, and poses a threat to everyone at the school.
The teachers have also confirmed that although several letters have been dispatched to the Region Two Administration, Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), and the Department of Education, the building is still standing while the school is without recreational facilities and activities. They are still pleading with the relevant authorities to dismantle the building as soon as possible.
Additionally, they also explained, school supplies, especially cleaning detergents, are in short supply. The school also no longer receives the amount of stationery and detergents as in the past, and they were instructed by education officials not to ask parents to purchase anything.
Given this situation, the teachers are left to wonder wherefrom they will acquire these much needed supplies.
