Fire of unknown origin yesterday morning destroyed part of the Parfait Harmonie Primary School, West Demerara affecting the more than eighty students who were in the process of writing the Grade Six Mathematics assessment paper.
Chief Education Officer Olato Sam was on the scene of the fire when this newspaper arrived and he said that all of the children were accounted for and are safe. He assured the concerned parents that their children will take the assessment at the beginning of the new school term.
The fire began just before 11am according to Cadet Officer Persaud of the Guyana Fire Service who said that it was
