SOME public schools around Georgetown and on the East Coast of Demerara will be closed today after yesterday’s flooding to facilitate cleaning and sanitisation of the school facilities, but the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) will proceed according to their timetables.The Ministry of Education in a press release yesterday advised parents and guardians that “due to flooding caused by heavy rains on Sunday, May 31 some schools will not be opened on Monday, June 1, 2015 so as to facilitate the cleaning and sanitisation of school facilities and its environs.”
Those schools that will be closed today are:

GEORGETOWN
* Starters Nursery
* South Road Nursery
* Gacestock Nursery
* Sherman Nursery
* St. Agnes Primary
* St. Angela’s Primary
* St. Barnabas Secondary
* Carmel Secondary
* Queenstown Secondary

EAST COAST DEMERARA
* Strathspey Primary
* Strathspey Nursery
* Annandale Nursery
* Annandale Primary
* Annandale Secondary
* Mon Repos Primary
* Mon Repos Nursery
* Beterverwagting/Quamina Primary
* Beterverwagting Nursery
* La Bonne Intention Secondary
* La Bonne Intention Primary
* La Bonne Intention Nursery
* Chateau Margot Primary
* Montrose Primary
* Vryheid’s Lust Primary
* North Vryheid’s Lust Nursery
* South Vryheid’s Lust Nursery
* Better Hope Nursery
* Prince Williams Street Nursery
* Plaisance Primary
* Plaisance Nursery
* Plaisance Secondary
* Plindola Nursery
* Enterprise Nursery
* Enterprise Primary
Meanwhile, the Ministry late yesterday issued an advisory saying that due to the inclement weather, which caused widespread flooding in Georgetown, CSEC/CAPE candidates of Bishops’ High School who are scheduled to sit examinations today, Monday, June 1, will now be accommodated at Queen’s College.
As such, candidates are asked to report to Queen’s College to write their exams as per timetable.