Katanga students receive classes in hallways for fear

"I do not feel well here, because then it rains and gets it wet." "I want to be in a more comfortable classroom," expresses Danairis Lucero, a seven year old girl who is in second grade at the school La Altagracia, Katanga, in the mine sector, where takes several weeks receiving classes in a corridor, and outdoor.

is that in that staff, students and teachers from four courses had to leave classrooms, as tremors that occurred in the last few days agrietaron the walls of concrete, where they received classes the second and fourth year students, in the morning, and eighth (a) and (b), in the afternoon.

before the announcement by the Ministry of education, that the campus will be demolished, teachers, students and parents and friends of the School Association call for the immediate relocation of 700 students that houses that Centre to ensure that they do not lose the year school.

are in accordance with the u000ademolition of the facility, but demand build them one with greater capacity, the current is not able to satisfy school sector, causing many boys are left without education.

educational sector population Katanga, in the mine, is terrified by the deterioration of the physical plant of the school. There parents are concerned. Teachers say they are working under stress and without appropriate conditions for teach.

"I am pretty ronca, I am sick of the throat," says Professor of second grade, Belkis Matos, who two weeks ago taught to 32 children in the corridor located in the middle of the two buildings of classrooms which has school, which does not allow her nor student concentration.

Before publicly announcing that the building that houses the school will be demolished, the Ministry of education already had informed them the u000adecision to the authorities of the school through circular. However, teachers, students and parents, don't know where it will be taken. Teachers are willing to go to teach anywhere so builds a new educational center.

Educators will meet with the community to identify places where the school could work. "We are prepared to finish even under a tree," said Mildred Maritza de Jesus, taught fourth grade and representative of the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP), who currently also teaches in a hallway to 45 students.

Of his 29 years of magisterial Office, Jesus carries 23 imparting teaching in the school of Katanga and not would like to retire leaving that problem in their community.

Concern of parents
"each tremor aggravates the situation, school shakes more, it opens," says Georgina Elena u000aRodriguez, Secretary of the Association of parents and friends of the school. Maximum Enrique Trinidad Sena, Member of the Association of parents of the school, expressed that they have fears that a new earthquake destroys the squad at a time in which teaching is teaching. "We're here parents because the school is everyone 's" express Seine Trinidad, who was yesterday at school giving support.

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