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…Bhajan meets with angry parentsSeveral parents of Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice have complained about an overcrowded Glasgow Nursery School. The residents said that a new nursery school building was constructed,CHeap MLB Jerseys China, recently,Cheap MLB Jerseys, for the needs of the village.However, approximately 80 students from the neighbouring Edinburgh Nursery School were brought over and housed in the new Glasgow Nursery School building. The students of the Edinburgh Nursery were formerly housed in the Edinburgh Primary School building a few blocks away.Ms. Shafiran BhajanThe Glasgow Nursery School has a population of 20 and residents are upset about this because they say that the students are crowded in the building. At the moment,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, there are over 100 children in the structure.A parent said that the students from the Edinburgh Nursery School should never have been housed in the Glasgow school building in the first place. “I want the Minister of Education to look into this and give us some satisfaction”.Kaieteur News understands that the transition took place during the recent Easter break.Yet another concerned parent said,Cheap Baseball Jerseys, “I don’t think it’s fair that they build the school for the Glasgow Nursery and they give Edinburgh Nursery most of the place. That is not fair! The children are not getting to work properly and that is unfair. I think the school was built for the Glasgow Nursery and the Ministry [of Education] needs to look at this and make a proper decision”.“I came in this morning [first day of school] and was surprised to see the school—very small. The Glasgow Nursery just have a very small space which is very unfair and the Edinburgh Nursery—all of them come over here,” stated another parent.The residents stated that they spoke with one Ms. Baboolall,MLB Jerseys China, the Education Officer responsible for Nursery schools in Region Six. They claimed that the woman told them that the movement of the children from Edinburgh Nursery to Glasgow Nursery was done by the Ministry of Education and “the decision was made that the schools be merged.”Region Six Education Officer, Ms. Shafiran Bhajan, was not in the country at that time. When contacted, she stated that “a new spacious building was constructed in Glasgow Housing Scheme to house the school which was in a rented church building.“While I was on leave abroad,Wholesale MLB Jerseys, Ms. Baboolall moved Glasgow Nursery to its new location. Owing to the large space, she moved Edinburgh Nursery from the Primary school also, into the new building.”She further added that the students that were brought across from the Edinburgh Nursery would revert to their former school building within the Edinburgh Primary School location during the coming weekend so as not to disrupt classes.However, those who live within proximity of the new school may apply for a transfer, she added.During a meeting with parents of both schools earlier this week, Bhajan promised to sort out the issue.The majority of Edinburgh Nursery parents are refusing to have their children relocated to the old Edinburgh Primary building.It was reported that some parents of Edinburgh Nursery even threatened to burn the Glasgow Nursery down if their children had to go back to their old school building in Edinburgh. |
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