Team finds 48 South Sophia children not in school

In this Ministry of Education photo, a school welfare officer escorts a child back home.

On February 28, the Education Ministry’s Schools Welfare Department in collaboration with others visited `E’ Field, South Sophia and found 48 children who were not in school.

A release from the Ministry of Education yesterday said that the team included the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security and the Guyana Police Force. They were investigating the absence of school-aged children from school.

The release said that within a few hours and a thorough walk through of the ‘E’ Field Sophia area,