More than 2000 students have not turned out to school since the reopening for three grades and the reasons range from not having uniforms and supplies to entering the workforce to not having transportation money and fear of the pandemic.
This was disclosed by Minister of Education Priya Manickchand while delivering remarks on Saturday at the ‘Celebration Day’ event hosted by the First Assembly of God Wortmanville Church.
According to a release today from the Ministry, Manickchand said that beginning this week she will be engaging churches, temples and masjids and other religious bodies and organizations to help the state in determining where the students are and how they can be supported with completing their secondary education or accessing technical vocational education.
The Minister said the only other institutions in almost every community outside of schools are religious bodies and Toshaos and Village councils and for this reason, the ministry will be working with those bodies for help to make sure that children don’t lose educational opportunities.
Public schools reopened their doors from November 9th to hold classes for students of grades 10, 11 and 12.
