PARAMARIBO – The students from dozens of schools will have to accept that they can only attend classes two to 3 days a week due to the fact that...

the shortage of classrooms is still a big problem in the education sector. More than 30,000 pupils have already been enrolled at junior level secondary schools Education, Science and Culture Minister Dirk Currie recently assured parliament that 93 classrooms are currently under construction and that these classrooms will partially lift the shortages. These construction projects are expected to be finished in December. Many students still have not been enrolled at a secondary school and the parents of these students still show up at the Education Ministry to look for a spot for their child. According to Currie, 24,083 students have been enrolled at the AVO schools. Around mid November the ministry expects to have a final figure regarding the number of students that still have not been enrolled.