GUYANA — The David Rose Special School which was opened on May 8th, 1968, celebrated 50 years of existence with an anniversary ceremony held at the school at Thomas Lands on Tuesday, the Guyana Chronicle reported on May 9.
Delivering the feature address at the ceremony, Chief Education Officer Mr Marcel Hutson said that the school’s ability to accomplish 50 years is a testimony to resilience and character. He said that children with special needs are often neglected by society and would receive negative feedback. He added that those attitudes towards special needs children over time have gone through a transformation period in Guyana.
Further, he said that the Ministry of Education (MoE) is looking to establish an Autism School to be built in the compound of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) at Turkeyen. The CEO said that Special Education Needs in Guyana will soon be strengthened when the Diagnostic Centre within the said CPCE compound becomes fully operational. That centre became a reality through collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Education, CARICOM and the Cuban Government.
Meanwhile, Head Teacher of the school, Ms Dionne McKenzie in her presentation, spoke of the school’s wish list. She said that by 2025, the deaf children of the school must be able to write all national examinations and that there should be adequate diagnoses of children by 2020. She added that the school would like to have a dietician and a nurse by January 2019.
