๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ญ. ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฐโ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ
๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ญ. ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐:- Following a fire at the St. Andrewโs Anglican Primary School on Friday, Oct. 13, which destroyed one building that housed nine classes and damaged other nearby buildings and their contents, officials at the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture initiated its emergency response mechanism.
Beginning in the early morning hours of Oct. 14, Ministry officials, including the Minister for Education Sen. the Hon. David Andrew; Permanent Secretary Elvis Morain, and acting Chief Education Officer Alana Felix-Roberts, traveled to the active fire site to ascertain the nature of the situation and the extent of the damage.
During the visit, they provided support to the acting Principal Jennifer Rodney, teachers and staff.
The team was later joined by representatives from the National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA); the President of the Grenada Union of Teachers Jude Bartholomew; and the Chief Technical Officer at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Physical Development, Kevin Blache, to conduct further assessments.
The Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) was also on site to undertake the necessary investigation.
Following this, Ministry officials engaged in an emergency meeting and made several key decisions about the immediate way forward. These include:
โช ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ. ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฐโ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ญ. ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐.
โช ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ญ. ๐๐ -A team from the Ministry of Education will conduct ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ to
facilitate relocation of the school.
โช ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ญ. ๐๐ – A special ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ for all staff and students of the school will be facilitated by the Anglican Church and the Ministry of Education during the morning period. Following this, various ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ will be facilitated by the Student Support Services Unit of the Ministry of Education.
โช ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ. ๐๐ – The Ministry will hold ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ to ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ for the schoolโs ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ.
The safety and psychosocial wellbeing of staff and students and the continuity of teaching and learning are of foremost importance. Consequently, efforts will be ongoing until viable solutions are finalised and implemented to ensure that there is as minimal disruption to classes as possible.
The Ministry extends its thanks and appreciation to all stakeholders, particularly the principal, staff, students and parents of the school, for their patience, support and cooperation during this challenging period.
We look forward to working with you as we focus on solutions.
Finally, the Ministry empathizes with all the parties impacted by this unfortunate situation and reaffirms its commitment to providing all the requisite support to ensure that the St. Andrewโs Anglican Primary School continues to thrive.
