Manickchand meets with Kuru Kururu residents to address education concerns
Education Minister Priya Manickchand addressing the parents
Following an outreach made on Wednesday by President Dr Irfaan Ali to communities along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, Education Minister Priya Manickchand has met with parents of children living in Kuru Kururu, along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, to address education-related concerns.
Parents at the Kuru Kururu Primary School on Thursday
This meeting was held on Thursday at the Kuru Kururu Primary School, and Minister Manickchand was accompanied by Deputy Chief Education Officer – Administration, Fazia Baksh; Regional Education Officer of Region Four, Stembiso Grant; and Senior Guidance and a Counselling Officer.
In brief remarks, she informed that the Ministry is sparing no effort to ensure the school is fully staffed and equipped with the necessary facilities to deliver quality education. She reiterated that it is the main aim of the Ministry to ensure children have access to opportunities that would enable each of them to live a life of plenty.
Parents, teachers and residents of the community fully utilised the opportunity to ventilate their concerns and have same addressed immediately by the Education Minister. Among the issues raised was the need for new furniture, particularly for the teachers. As such, the Minister stated that new furniture would be delivered to the school by next Friday.
Smart TVs and math kits were handed over to Kuru Kururu Primary School one day after a promise was made
Parents and teachers of both nursery and primary school students requested a smart television to be placed in the classrooms. On this note, Manickchand promised that the schools would receive two smart TVs each, and those would be connected to the Guyana Learning Channel, so students and teachers can benefit from the programmes aired. This promise was kept, as those schools received the equipment on Friday.
The community requested the appointment of Guidance and Counselling Officers in each secondary school or secondary department, and Minister Manickchand committed to providing those as soon as suitable persons can be engaged.
The Minister also committed to delivering on the request for school grants to purchase school supplies.
Concerns which were not immediately addressed were recorded. Some of these included maintenance and repair works to the school, which falls under the responsibility of the Regional Democratic Council of Region Four.
