Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday commissioned a $28.7m primary school at Swan Village, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.
The school was officially opened on September 5, 2022 and has 109 pupils and six teachers.
The Swan Primary School comprises class rooms for grades 1-5. A class for Grade 6 is underway along with living quarters for teachers. In delivering remarks, Manickchand said that residents of Swan had a talk with her two years ago and explained the dire need for a primary school. Previously, pupils had to travel to Yarrowkabra for school on a daily basis which was time consuming and costly.
The village also now has a resource building and a community centre ground. The resource building has a total of 20 computers and readily available internet access. It is used by children of the community for homework and assignments.
In an interview with Stabroek News, acting head teacher of the Swan Primary, Abigail Renville said, “currently we’re having a total of 109 pupils from grade’s 1-5, the children are from Kuru Kuru and Yarrowkabra primary school. We have access to internet and television. I feel good because I know the children used to have a hard time going to school and coming home. Today we have like 91 percent of children coming out to school every day.”
Regional Education Officer, Region 4, Stembiso Grant, in her remarks highlighted some of the schools that are under construction like the Yarrowkabra, Prospect and Good Hope secondary schools, while the Hasling-ton and Vryheid Lust’s nursery schools are currently being reconstructed.
Manickchand was accompanied by Minster of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall and Chairman of Region 4 Daniel Seeram.
