Enterprise, Paradise and Enmore Primary schools will not be closed

DEAREDITOR, school students, usually Strangely, the previous as the best site. Our statistics

T h e M i n i s t r y o f Grades7to9,arehousedina government was unable to also indicate that large Education (MoE) takes note primaryschoolbuilding,and complete a 24-months quantities of students travel oftheconcernsraisedbyMr are taught using the projectin5years. from Enmore and further to SultanMohamedinhisletter secondarycurriculum. The current government schoolsinGeorgetown. cap tio n ed “C lo s in g This department is restarted the construction of It is our expectation that Enterprise and Enmore usually managed by a senior this school in the last quarter this number can be reduced schools ill-conceived”. We teacher within the primary of 2022, and it will now be with the establishment of wish to point out that school This situation completedbyJune30th. Good Hope Secondary Enterprise Primary, Paradise happens if there is not Good Hope Secondary School.

Primary and Enmore enough secondary school School, on completion, will Good Hope Secondary Primary will not be closed. spacetoaccommodateallthe be the best secondary school was built as part of the What will be closed will be students who would have in the country in terms of MoE’s comprehensive effort the Secondary Departments written the NGSA exams. facilities These facilities to expand Universal found in each of these One of the goals of the include all TVET labs, Secondary Education; to primaryschools. current Education Sector science labs, smart ensure universal secondary

It is an unreasonable and Plan is the closure of all classroom,library,alliedarts access Secondary school uninformed assumption to secondary departments in lab (dance studio), theatre students at the schools make that three primary primaryschools. room, music room, visual identified by Mr Mohamed schools will be closed It was recognized by the arts room, 5G internet, SEN are currently doing a because one secondary then government of Guyana access (elevator), large maximum of 5 subjects schoolhasbeenbuilt. in2013-2014thattherewasa discrete classrooms in terms There is no choice because

On the contrary, the need for another secondary of international standards, thereisnospace. movement of the secondary school on the East Coast of agriculture plot, shade A t G o o d H o p e school students from the Demerara and so the house, slaughter area, etc. Secondary, students will be primary school buildings construction of Good Hope T h i s s c h o o l w i l l able to choose from 34 will allow for the primary Secondary School began accommodate nearly 1000 different subject areas; 28 schoolstudentstohavemore The construction of this students. subjects at general space thereby increasing schoolwouldhavemeantthe It is impractical to build proficiency and 5 subjects at comfort. closure of all secondary schools with these facilities technical proficiency It is

We wish to advise Mr departments in primary for only 500 students. Large envisaged that CAPE will Mohamed,asheseemsnotto schools on the East Coast of schools must be built to also be done at this school know, that a secondary Demerara. This would have allowforeconomiesofscale. thereby removing the need department or ‘primary-top’ meant universal secondary Once large schools are built, for students to travel to a in a primary school is a access throughout the entire students will have to travel. Georgetown school to do situation in which secondary East Coast of Demerara Location of schools is such. d e t e r m i n e d b y t h e We hope that this availability of land, census response provides Mr data and school mapping Mohamed with the relevant software. information to make a more national prosperity that is due will not happen on its own. We, the Guyanese people, are going to have to roll up our sleeves and confront the obstacles in the way to a better future. They can be overcome, and they must be. Guyanese standing together, and with one voice, can be the agency for change,fortherichbenefitsthatareduetoeachcitizenofthis country

As such, we wish to informedjudgement. assure Mr Mohamed that Yours faithfully, this location met all these Saddam Hussain requirements and came out Chief Education Officer