Education changes can prevent crime

Modern schools should have individual classrooms both at primary and secondary levels. Tables and desks should have ample space for each child to move around.

There should be room for attractive visual displays on the walls and cupboards at waist level with counter tops to store students’ and teachers’ educational supplies.

The teacher’s table and chair should be on a height where he or she can see all pupils at any time. There should be a large whiteboard in front of the classroom for demonstration, explanation and showing of multimedia.

The exterior school environment should be aesthetically pleasing.

There should be an abundance of flowers to instill a sense of beauty and pride in students’ minds.

There should be large red and pink hibiscus plants. Red and white roses should adorn the school’s floral garden.

There should also be power puff and cattail plants, not to mention several crotons and palm trees.

At the back of the school building where there may be extra spaces and a savannah in which to play, students should be able to sit under the shade of almond and pink poui trees. Almond trees can be obtained on the banks of the Salybia River in Toco and pink poui trees at the Ministry of Agriculture in Cumuto. Fruit trees such as poir doux, pomerac, fat pork, plums and sour cherry can be planted.

Schools of the 1800s and 1900s in colonial times should be buildings of the past. Our students should not be seated in broken-down two and three-seater benches. The ceiling should not be harbouring bats and pigeons.

Termites should not be eating away at the floors and walls. Rats and snakes should not be living in the school, contributing to the food chain.

Schools should not be 90 percent completed while parents and students are kneeling down on the roadway, pleading for a proper place to learn. Schools such as the Santa Flora Government and Montrose Vedic that once boasted of excellence in education should not be left to whither.

Modern day schools of the 21st century will produce worthwhile citizens, comparable to First World countries.

Schools of the past, in deplorable condition, that are still in use today will create citizens who we will regret in the future. Let’s make the changes in education now for a better future, where our children will learn in an environment free of crime.

VINCENT BOOKER via emai