White Water annex is now an official primary school
The good news was broken on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, to pupils of White Water Primary School; their school is no longer an annex to Wauna Primary School, rather it is now an official Primary School.
Following a visit from a high-level team of the Ministry of Education in April to assess the delivery of education in the White Water Village, a border community in Region One, several pledges and commitments were made not only to the school but also to the community at large. To date, this visit has borne fruit since many of the commitments made have already been realized.
Head of the Learning Resource Development Unit, Ms. Myra Pierre-Moore (left) and District Education Officer, Mr. Marti De Souza engaging the students of White Water Primary School.
The latest commitment being actualized was the gazetting of the school. District Education Officer, Mr. Marti De Souza who represented the Regional Education Officer at a simple but symbolic ceremony, related to the students and teachers that their school was the latest to join the number of ‘independent’ primary schools in the country, they are now officially White Water Primary School, effective May 1, 2018.
He also stated that the Ministry of Education and the Department of Education, Region One is making good on their commitments made to the school. So far, the school has received adequate textbooks, the solar electrification system has been fixed to ensure that technology is used especially the Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) programme, which is now fully functional, furniture has been acquired, water filter tanks have been provided with the help of Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) among others.
Bringing more good tidings to the school was Ms. Myra Pierre-Moore, Head of the Learning Resource Development Unit. Following through on a request made by the community for a library with relevant materials, Ms. Pierre-Moore delivered a number of books and other teaching/learning materials to the school.
She encouraged the teachers and students to make maximum use of the reading and other learning materials, whilst caring and taking ownership of them.
Also visiting the school was Ms. Annis Blair-Craig, a professional Librarian who will in the upcoming days train not only the librarian teacher of White Water Primary but of other schools in the Sub Region in the setting up, organizing and collection development of school libraries.