Fifteen schools to remain closed today

The Ministry of Education last evening said that the following schools will remain closed today:

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The Ministry said the decision to have the schools remain closed was made after checks by Ministry officials revealed that as a result of the slow pace in the receding of the floodwaters, no sanitation work could have commenced.

All other schools in Georgetown have been cleared for reopening today by the Ministry of Education.

The Ministry says it sincerely regrets any inconvenience caused.