Over 100 Kabakaburi students benefit from free transportation

Over 100 students of Kabakaburi Primary School located in the Pomeroon, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), will now benefit from free transportation, in the new school term, after the region’s Education Department handed over five brand new 15-horsepower boat engines along with five shed boats to the community.
Speaking at the simple handing-over ceremony, Regional Education Officer Shoundelle Hercules said it is an initiative President Dr Irfaan Ali, who had promised that students attending schools in the hinterland receive would boats and engines to ease burden on travelling allowances.
“Take good care of them (boat and engine) and use them for the benefit of the children of Kabakaburi,” Hercules told the residents.
Regional Chairperson, Vilma De Silva said she is very pleased with the initiative, adding that many parents living in the Pomeroon area are not financially able to send their children to school and as such the handing over will ensure that all students are safely taken and returned from school.
De Silva further stated that the Government will continue to place a heavy focus on education and ensuring that each child has equal access to education regardless of their location.
Meanwhile, Toshao of Kabakaburi, Monty Simon expressed gratitude to the Government while adding that this gift to the community will be properly maintained.
“There won’t be any complaints that parents don’t have enough money to send their children to school… With the boats and engines, all students attending the school will be picked up and taken home safely free of cost… I thanked the Government for such an initiative that will tremendously assist parents to send their children to school,” the Toshao said.