Shortage of teachers, resources still plaguing Region 8 schools – former MP

Former parliamentarian Gloria Bancroft on Friday sounded alarm bells over several issues  affecting the two secondary schools in Region 8.

Bancroft told an APNU news conference that throughout the region, there is a shortage of trained teachers and she also complained of the amount of subjects that were being offered at these schools. “Throughout the region there is a lack of trained teachers in the schools and there are (few) subjects being offered at the secondary school level. Eight subjects are being offered at the Paramakatoi Secondary and six are being offered at the Mah-dia Secondary,” she said.

She pointed out that the Mahdia Secondary school has been without a head teacher for the past six months and this