Efforts made by the Guyana Government to ensure migrant children receive education has been lauded by the Internation Organisation for Migration (IOM), says the entity’s Senior Regional Coordination Officer and Chief of Mission, Robert Natiello.
Natiello made these remarks yesterday during a simple handing over ceremony of sanitizing agents to the Ministry of Education to be used in schools.
He said, “IOM recognizes, welcomes and applauds the efforts of the Government of Guyana and the Ministry of Education to make those accommodations for the increased influx of new students.”
According to Natiello, the IOM-Guyana office has recognized in some of the communities that are receiving migrants that there are added pressures with the influx of new students. He said that it is an honour for IOM to give support to the Ministry of Education.
He said that the donated items will go towards ensuring a healthy and safe environment for students. The items that were handed over include liquid hand soap, hand sanitizer and manual dispensers.
The Deputy Chief Education Officer (Administration), Fazia Baksh and the Coordinator of the Risk Management and Migrant Support Section (RM&MSS), Rampattie Prashad-Bisnauth thanked the IOM for the donation on behalf of the Ministry of Education.
