By Shuntel Glasgow
In the wake of disclosures that there are 77 pit latrines in hinterland schools, the head of the toshaos council and the Chairman of Region Seven have called for their dismantling.
The government has been silent on the way forward. Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has declined to comment to the Sunday Stabroek on the matter and there has been no word from the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. The existence of so many pit latrines – only in schools in indigenous villages – has raised questions about the government’s spending priorities almost five years into oil production and its disposition towards these regions.
