Education Minister Priya Manickchand has condemned the torching of the One Mile Primary School in Linden yesterday morning and questioned what would become of the 830 students registered there with the new school year set to begin in just a few weeks.
Early yesterday, the school-which according to the minister is the largest in the region- was torched by men who stormed the compound and told security guards on duty that they were part of the “struggle” before setting the building alight using bottles of gasoline. Hours after the fire, acting Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell told Stabroek News that two men were taken into custody following the incident and one of them is well known for selling candy and other eatables around the township and was known as ‘Candyman.’
Region Ten Chairman Sharma Solomon last evening also condemned the burning of the school stating that “no one in their right mind would support the burning of any schools” and he called for the perpetrators to be prosecuted to the fullest extent. Solomon also noted that it is the vigilance of the protestors that resulted in