Over the past school term, all the classes at the De Veldt Nursery and Primary schools, located in the Berbice River and made up of a total of nearly 60 students and representing eight class levels between them, have been taught by only two teachers. This is according to a report by Laxley Lindie, De Veldt’s Community Representative as well as complaints from parents of the students.
Of the 57 students, 19 of them attend the school at the nursery level, while eight students make up the Grade Six class. The eight classes—Nursery one and two and Grades 1 through 6—are split evenly between the two teachers, who are forced to divide their time among the classes from day to day.