Principal Education Officer, Chandrakala Ramsammy has died. She was 52.

Chandrakala Ramsammy

Relatives last evening confirmed her death but declined to say anything about the circumstances. “We want this to be private”, a relative said. According to reports, Ramsammy died on Tuesday evening at a city hospital.

She was an employee of the Ministry of Education for a number of years and up to the time of her passing was the Principal Education Officer. She hailed from the Corentyne.