Guajayví college community denounces lack of response for mobile classrooms
Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- The educational community at the Nuestra Señora de Lourdes Technical Health College in Guajayví denounces the lack of response to their request for mobile classrooms.
- Students are currently attending classes in the patio due to repairs on a three-classroom building, leaving them without physical spaces.
- Parents suspect they will not receive aid from the Ministry of Education after their prior requests went unanswered.
Members of the educational community at the Nuestra Señora de Lourdes Technical Health College in Guajayví have voiced strong complaints about the absence of a response to their urgent request for mobile classrooms. The situation has left students attending classes in the schoolyard.
The need for temporary classrooms arose because the college's three-classroom building is currently undergoing repairs. This has created a severe shortage of physical spaces, forcing many students to hold their academic activities outdoors. The institution serves students from the first to third year of secondary education, with 78 students attending in an extended schedule, highlighting the critical need for at least two mobile classrooms.
Nilda Limenza, a representative of the parents' commission, stated that they had warned the zone supervisor, Professor Miguel González, about this risk before the renovations began. However, she expressed disappointment that the community's timely warning was not heeded. Despite the ongoing inconveniences and lack of adequate spaces, students are diligently attending classes with the support of teachers while awaiting the completion of the infrastructure improvements.
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Regarding the mobile classrooms requested from the Ministry of Education through the zone supervision, Limenza conveyed that no favorable response has been received to date. This has led to suspicions among parents that their plea will likely go unanswered by the Ministry's representatives.
School director, Elizabeth Moreno, acknowledged the problems affecting the educational facility but assured that classes have not been interrupted since the building was closed for repairs. She expressed anticipation for the completion of the renovation works, which will allow for the normal resumption of academic tasks. Attempts to reach supervisor Miguel González for comment on the delay in providing the requested classrooms were unsuccessful, as he did not respond to inquiries sent to his mobile phone.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.