Students from the Mt Pleasant Primary School and their parents today blocked the Sum Sum Hill, Claxton Bay, Main Road to draw attention to the recurring problem of a broken sewer system which has caused the school to be closed once again.
Calling on villagers to join in the protest, the group engaged in a lively chant, “Fix the sewer right now. It’s too stink to think.”
For approximately ten minutes, the placard-bearing protesters spread across the street at the Soledad Road entrance to their school, appealing to Education Minister Anthony Garcia to have a conscience and stop denying the children the right to an education.
This protest caused standstill traffic in the Claxton Bay area for hours.
President of the Mt Pleasant Parent Teachers Association, Denise Kamal, explained that following a visit from the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) unit, the school was ordered closed on February 19.
Two weeks later, she said, there has been no visible to attempt to have the pump repaired.
“Last term, the students and teachers also suffered from lost school time for six weeks. As a result, the children were unable to sit the end of term test,” she said.
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