Dear Editor,
Recently, I read in the press about the rebuilding of three schools among others, namely, Christ Church Secondary, St. George’s and St. Mary’s High School and it begs the question as to why in this day and again in a secular republic these schools cannot be renamed with neutral names to reflect the multi-religious country we live in. As regards St. George’s it seems that the land on which the school was built on belongs to the Anglican Church but our Government is funding the entire project, why is this so? In this case, if my previous assertion is correct the land should be transferred to the State.
I recall that the Swami Purnananda School, built largely with funding from the Hindu Community, was renamed Cove and John Secondary school after it was taken over by the Burnham led government, in this vein may be Christ Church can be also be renamed. I look forward to requisite responses from the Ministry of Education, the Ethnic Relations Commission, the Inter-Religious Organization and Parliamentarians among others, it is time that this egregious anomaly remnant of our Christian oriented colonial heritage is corrected.
Sincerely,
Christopher Persaud
