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REGIONAL Education Officer (REO) of Region Ten (Upper Demerara/Berbice), Ms. Jennifer Bourne has advised that pupils of the One Mile Primary School in Wismar, Linden, have settled in at temporary locations and are doing well, so far. 
She said those in Grade One are, currently, being taught at the One Mile Nursery Extension, while others from Grades Two to Five are at Wismar Hill Primary and the rest from Grade Six are in the Block 22 Multipurpose Hall.
Bourne said classes are being conducted on a full-time basis and commended teachers for their dedication, noting that they have been working an extra half hour every day to make up for the two weeks lost since the Ministry of Education was looking to find accommodation for more than the misplaced 830.
Nevertheless, the children and teachers are working towards getting back on track with the curriculum, the REO said.
Last August 11, three men, armed with cutlasses, set fire to the One Mile Primary School, after breaking into the building and stealing computers.
Investigations that followed revealed that the security guard on duty, that day, was approached by the three men who threatened to kill her if she did not remove from the location or attempted to raise an alarm.
The guard then left the compound after which the building was broken into and computers stolen before it was set afire.
The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) tender could not get to the scene of the blaze because of the blockages that had been placed along the roadways by protestors.
The following day, residents of the Linden community handed over two men, who they claimed were suspects in the arson attack on the One Mile School, to the Police at Wismar Station.
She said those in Grade One are, currently, being taught at the One Mile Nursery Extension, while others from Grades Two to Five are at Wismar Hill Primary and the rest from Grade Six are in the Block 22 Multipurpose Hall.Bourne said classes are being conducted on a full-time basis and commended teachers for their dedication, noting that they have been working an extra half hour every day to make up for the two weeks lost since the Ministry of Education was looking to find accommodation for more than the misplaced 830.
Nevertheless, the children and teachers are working towards getting back on track with the curriculum, the REO said.
Last August 11, three men, armed with cutlasses, set fire to the One Mile Primary School, after breaking into the building and stealing computers.
Investigations that followed revealed that the security guard on duty, that day, was approached by the three men who threatened to kill her if she did not remove from the location or attempted to raise an alarm.
The guard then left the compound after which the building was broken into and computers stolen before it was set afire.
The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) tender could not get to the scene of the blaze because of the blockages that had been placed along the roadways by protestors.
The following day, residents of the Linden community handed over two men, who they claimed were suspects in the arson attack on the One Mile School, to the Police at Wismar Station.
