–Anna Regina Secondary still affected by water

THE Education Ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Ms Suelle Findlay-Williams, told the Guyana Chronicle in a telephone interview that “all the schools affected by flooding (from the record rainfall of Wednesday, November 27) are now open and operational, except Anna Regina Secondary School, which is still affected by some amount of water accumulation”.
She added, “Hence we would expect that, as of Monday, all teachers and students would have resumed their daily routines; except, of course, those at Anna Regina Secondary”.
Accordingly, 43 educational institutions, comprising 14 nursery, 13 primary and 16 secondary schools, are all open and operational.
Last Thursday, the Ministry of Education informed the public of the closure of approximately 44 schools which were heavily affected by flooding caused by record rainfall that occurred on the previous day.
Forty-two of those schools were located in Georgetown; one was on the Essequibo Coast, and one was on the East Coast of Demerara.
The decision to suspend operation of the schools was made after the Education Ministry had received reports from several teams, which had been dispatched to assess the effects of the rainfall on the school buildings and their immediate environs.
Led by Chief Education Officer (CEO) Mr Olato Sam, the assessment exercise resulted in suspension of classes at several schools, including the Alexander Village Nursery School, the Chateau Margot and Winfer Gardens Primary schools, and the Brickdam Secondary School, among others.