A lack of skilled labour and a shortage of materials have combined to cause delays in the execution of the work programme at Burnt Savannah Primary in St. Elizabeth.
That’s according to community relations education officer for Region 5 in the Ministry of Education, Anieta Bailey.
Bailey was a guest on Nationwide at Five on Thursday.
Almost 10 months after Melissa devastated the school, Burnt Savannah Primary remains a shell of its former self.
A wave of complaints from worried parents about the state of the school, led Nationwide to visit the instruction on Thursday.
The situation our reporter observed is grave. Bathrooms and classrooms without roofs. And the school ground littered by sheets of zinc and pieces of board with protruding nails.
In July, the ministry, through the National Education Trust, engaged a building contractor to complete repairs to the school.
To date, workmen have only removed the damaged roofing material. Incidentally, the contractor contacted the school principal the same day our news centre highlighted the situation.
Bailey says the authorities have not abandoned the school.
Anieta Bailey, community relations education officer for Region 5 in the Ministry of Education.
Meanwhile, the contractor tasked with repairing Burnt Savannah Primary School, finally visited the compound on Thursday.
That’s according to the school’s principal, Janet Stephenson-Atkinson.
Janet Stephenson-Atkinson, principal of Burnt Savannah Primary School in St. Elizabeth.
She was speaking on Nationwide at Five on Thursday.
