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The almost forgotten ‘jungle’ school in Moleson Creek

AUGUST 31, 2012 | BY  | FILED UNDER NEWS 

 

School reopens in a few days, but the question on the lips of residents of Moleson Creek is, will the students be able to attend?
The Moleson Creek Primary School currently sits in the middle of a virtual jungle and access to the learning institution at this time is almost impassable/impossible.
Moleson Creek is one of the nearest points between Guyana and neighbouring Suriname.
Apart from the jungle, access to the school is treacherous, due to the state of the road. The school is surrounded by big bushes; the compound is also overcome with tall grasses which practically cover the school.
Residents say that the school and compound presently pose a danger to students as the entire area is infested with snakes, wasps, bats and mosquitoes.

 

In the compound of the Moleson Creek Primary School.

 

The students cannot use the road which is badly damaged and is now practically a swamp. To get to school, the students will have to wade through waist-deep slush and compete with the big John Deere tractors that are the only means of transportation in the area at this time.
The distance from the main Corentyne highway to the Orealla Primary school is a mere two miles, but to travel from the main road to the school will take virtually two hours. The school is the last building in the area and about one mile away from the closest resident.
The residents are not too sure why the government decided to build the school so far away from the residential area.
According to a number of angry residents, when the children have to attend school, they are forced to trudge alone through the “jungle” and the mud.
What is ironic is that from where the centre of the population lives to the school, the road is even worse.
One resident commented: “While you can travel with these small tractors up to here, it is worse going further down. The only means of reaching by the school is by the big tractors.”
The ride to the school was a rock and roll affair.  By the time it was over, the media team was all soiled, muddy and bruised. Some members even suffered upset stomachs.
According to residents, when school closed for the August holidays, there were about 60 students registered. There was one part time teacher.
Residents of the Moleson Creek community are not certain what will happen when school is officially opened   for the commencement of classes for the new school year. The school does not have a permanent teacher and the person that was in charge last term is a retiree from Orealla.
There is also a house for the teacher but the place is lonely and is devoid of comforts.
During the visit, the residents of Moleson Creek called on Education Minister, Priya Manickchand to intervene.
Thieves have taken away four water tanks that were once installed at the school. Now, whenever school closes management is forced to remove the tanks to a resident’s house.
They said that Regional Education Officer, Ms. Shafiran Bhajan, does not help them and their many pleas have fallen on deaf ears as she usually brushes them off with a promise.

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PPP incompetence once again. The school is supposed to be built where the community lives. Is only a dumb government and its contractor would build it in no man's land. PPP progress means emigration for those who want a future.

Where is that jackass president of ours when the country needs him? He should sort this mess out if his minister is incompetent to do so.

Mr.T

This is the Guyana to which I constantly refer which is out of the sight of the vacationing diaspora who touts the progress cited just off the main roads.  There is more like this around Guyana.

FM
Originally Posted by baseman:

This is the Guyana to which I constantly refer which is out of the sight of the vacationing diaspora who touts the progress cited just off the main roads.  There is more like this around Guyana.

That Fool Jagan was quick to dismiss Church run schools. Those schools never discriminated. Today, if u want a good education, one can choose to take a muslim name and convert to islam. The muslim brothehood choose to push the PPP for their private schools-they want to make the rest of the country stupid. That is one way of enslaving the impoverished. Deny them proper education-check out Pakistan and Afghanistan.

 

On the present issue, sorry to say, "There is no one that cries for Guyana."

S
Originally Posted by seignet:

That Fool Jagan was quick to dismiss Church run schools. Those schools never discriminated.

You could not get a teaching job with the schools unless you were a Christian or Catholic.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by baseman:

This is the Guyana to which I constantly refer which is out of the sight of the vacationing diaspora who touts the progress cited just off the main roads.  There is more like this around Guyana.

In the US and Ca it is a local tax based system that pays for roads and schools in towns. What type of taxes does the Molsen creek people pay?  Is it fair for tax dollars to be taken from other parts of the nation to develop roads in remote areas? 

FM
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
 

 . . . Is it fair for tax dollars to be taken from other parts of the nation to develop roads in remote areas? 

what a moron 'question' . . . your avatar says it all

FM
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by baseman:

This is the Guyana to which I constantly refer which is out of the sight of the vacationing diaspora who touts the progress cited just off the main roads.  There is more like this around Guyana.

In the US and Ca it is a local tax based system that pays for roads and schools in towns. What type of taxes does the Molsen creek people pay?  Is it fair for tax dollars to be taken from other parts of the nation to develop roads in remote areas? 

In Canada there is in place high quality distance learning program, visiting teachers and every community is assured access to education. I know that for a fact. My cousin used to teach in the NW territories and has been across the region from  Fort McPersom to Fort Smith. You are talking crap as usual and for what reason you make these asinine excuse for this awful state of affairs is unfathomable as the situation itself. Canada takes the time to reach out to all its citizens across vast and remote regions to deliver education.

FM
Originally Posted by redux:
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
 

 . . . Is it fair for tax dollars to be taken from other parts of the nation to develop roads in remote areas? 

what a moron 'question' . . . your avatar says it all

 

When AFC creeps lack proper rebuttal they revert to ignorant one liners to detract from the point being made. 

FM
Originally Posted by Stormborn:
 

In Canada there is in place high quality distance learning program, visiting teachers and every community is assured access to education. I know that for a fact. My cousin used to teach in the NW territories and has been across the region from  Fort McPersom to Fort Smith. You are talking crap as usual and for what reason you make these asinine excuse for this awful state of affairs is unfathomable as the situation itself. Canada takes the time to reach out to all its citizens across vast and remote regions to deliver education.

 

Ahhhh Canada is a 1st world nation, did you forget? They have the resources from all that oil being pulled out of BC to subsidize the rest of the nation. But the fact is that you ignored the point that i was making, that it should be the town's responsibility via taxes to maintain roads and schools. Govt must save tax dollars for projects that benefit the larger population rather than a few. 

FM
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by Stormborn:
 

In Canada there is in place high quality distance learning program, visiting teachers and every community is assured access to education. I know that for a fact. My cousin used to teach in the NW territories and has been across the region from  Fort McPersom to Fort Smith. You are talking crap as usual and for what reason you make these asinine excuse for this awful state of affairs is unfathomable as the situation itself. Canada takes the time to reach out to all its citizens across vast and remote regions to deliver education.

 

Ahhhh Canada is a 1st world nation, did you forget? They have the resources from all that oil being pulled out of BC to subsidize the rest of the nation. But the fact is that you ignored the point that i was making, that it should be the town's responsibility via taxes to maintain roads and schools. Govt must save tax dollars for projects that benefit the larger population rather than a few. 

 We borrow everything. We do not have a tax base to support Jagdeo's pension so why the hell are you appealing to the asinine?

 

This is a failure to look to an remote village to address their needs. This is a PPP failure. They have the money to build the sophisticated water electricity cabling and road infrastructure for Pradoville II so they could have build a school convenient for the students.

 

Get it into your sorry pathetic head, we do not earn sufficient to provide for even half of our need. We depend on borrowing and begging. We have never balanced a budget on our earnings in our 7 decades of existence as a state. To speak of a tax base supporting any infrastructure build out of any kind is pure nonsense.

FM
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by redux:
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
 

 . . . Is it fair for tax dollars to be taken from other parts of the nation to develop roads in remote areas? 

what a moron 'question' . . . your avatar says it all

 

When AFC creeps lack proper rebuttal they revert to ignorant one liners to detract from the point being made. 

Let's examine the full statement of Drug_B:

"In the US and Ca it is a local tax based system that pays for roads and schools in towns. What type of taxes does the Molsen creek people pay?  Is it fair for tax dollars to be taken from other parts of the nation to develop roads in remote areas?"

___________________________________

 

U like to play stupid when cornered, eh?

 

The people of Moleson Creek pay income tax and VAT to the central gov't. 

 

Local Gov't, such as it functions as a local/regional fiduciary in NA does not exist in Guyana (no local gov't elections/reform in how long?)

 

But all this is not news . . . that's WHY you function @ the level of MORON! 

 

FM
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Can any Cunumunu/Lamata tell us when the school was built,what is the regional vcouncil doing and what are the Parents doing about any problem they may have??????? These arevery basic and simple questions even for Cunumunus.

Nehru

We should concentrate on the school in Linden that was burnt by scavengers to the ground that leave 800 student in the street. The AFC/APNU are like Talibans, they don't believe in education. They want them kids to steal and commit murder in Guyana. 

FM

Ppl that live that deep in the interior are not the kind of ppl that have the sort of facilities and access to government officials like ppl in towns. Your questions show how much you know about life in the interior far away from mainstream humanity.

Mr.T
Originally Posted by ABIDHA:

We should concentrate on the school in Linden that was burnt by scavengers to the ground that leave 800 student in the street. The AFC/APNU are like Talibans, they don't believe in education. They want them kids to steal and commit murder in Guyana. 


MOSES, GR AND RAMJHAAAAAAATAN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BURNING OF THE SCHOOL IN LINDEN. NOW THE POOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS HAVE TO SUFFER WHILE THESE ROBBER BARRONS CONTINUE THEIR WONDERFUL LIVES!!!!!

Nehru
bullshiOriginally Posted by Mr.T:

Ppl that live that deep in the interior are not the kind of ppl that have the sort of facilities and access to government officials like ppl in towns. Your questions show how much you know about life in the interior far away from mainstream humanity.


BULLSHIT!!!!

Nehru
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by ABIDHA:

We should concentrate on the school in Linden that was burnt by scavengers to the ground that leave 800 student in the street. The AFC/APNU are like Talibans, they don't believe in education. They want them kids to steal and commit murder in Guyana. 


MOSES, GR AND RAMJHAAAAAAATAN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BURNING OF THE SCHOOL IN LINDEN. NOW THE POOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS HAVE TO SUFFER WHILE THESE ROBBER BARRONS CONTINUE THEIR WONDERFUL LIVES!!!!!

Shouting that Goebbelsian LIE over and over and over on as many forums as possible will not scrub out the fact that PPP AGENTS burnt down the people's primary school in Linden; just as they MURDERED the 3 protesters on the bridge IN COLD BLOOD! 

FM

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