Since the reopening of schools this week, the pupils of the Santa Rosa Primary School in Moruca, Region One, are forced attend classes using a shift system as various sections of the school are in a debilitated state.
One of the Regional Councillors in Moruca, Maurice Torres, yesterday explained to Stabroek News that there is an old building that the children occupy, for which an $18 million contract was scheduled to be handed over to a contractor to have the building renovated. However the contractor has subsequently turned down the contract claiming that the money was insufficient for such renovations.