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Mar 29, 2013 News
Students affected by last Tuesday morning’s fire at La Parfaite Harmonie Primary School, West Bank Demerara, will have another shot in completing their Grade Six exams when school re-opens two Mondays from now.
Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam, according to a government statement, has announced that a decision has been made to have the affected students sit their examinations when the new school
term commences.
Halfway through the children’s Maths exams last Tuesday, invigilators were forced to evacuate the 81 students who were there, after fire broke out near the Head Mistress’ offices. The washrooms, kitchen and areas temporarily housing a nursery school were all completely destroyed.
However, the L-shaped, one-flat building, except for smoke damage and a few broken doors forced open by firefighters, remained intact.
Yesterday, a school official said that a nursery school being constructed nearby will now be fast-tracked and the younger students shifted over there.
The primary school students would continue to be housed in the wings of the damaged building but arrangements will have to be made for washrooms and other sanitary facilities.
The race would be against time to have them ready for the reopening of schools.
It was reported that the children were writing their exams when they were alerted to the smell of smoke. An investigation revealed the middle section of the school in flames.
The $60M school was commissioned in 2011 after being in use for over a year.
With La Parfaite Harmonie being one of the newest, largest housing schemes in the country, the damage to the school would be hard felt by especially the nursery students who were being housed in exactly the same area that was razed.
It is believed that the blaze was electrical in origin.
On Wednesday evening, the ruined section re-ignited, but neighbours with help of passersby entered the compound, and quickly extinguished the flames before a fire engine arrived.
On Monday night, living quarters of teachers of Bygeval Secondary School, Mahaicony, were completely destroyed. That blaze is also being investigated.
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