A $29 million school has been built to enable some 64 young children of Dog Point, Region Seven to access nursery education within their community for the first-time.
The Department of Public Information (DPI) on Tuesday reported Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall as saying that the initiative fulfills a promise made to residents during a previous meeting there. He said it is also in keeping with government’s commitment to provide equal education opportunities to all.
“So, in the next two weeks, we’re going to put furniture in the school and hopefully, in the near future, all the children of Dog Point are going to be coming to school right here, rather than going into Bartica, or to Agatash,” Dharamlall was quoted as saying.
According to the DPI report, Regional Executive Officer (REO) Kerwin Ward expressed gratitude to government for its intervention, noting that transportation issues will no longer affect parents.
“The children from Dog Point have to travel all the way to Bartica or Agatash to attend school, which can be a constraint for parents to find transportation cost. They … have to get up early in the morning to get to Agatash, hence a decision was taken to build a school in this area to assist the people here,” he saided.
