Persad-Bissessar pledges to build a Baptist secondary school if re-elected PM

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Persad-Bissessar pledges to build a Baptist secondary school if re-elected PM

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has pledged to build a modern secondary school for the Spiritual Shouter Baptist community.

However, this is on the condition that her party, the United National Congress wins the next general election.

Speaking at the Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day celebrations on Thursday, at the Moruga Multi-Purpose Youth and Sports Facility at Fifth Company, Persad-Bissessar said, “The greatest gift we can give to the young ones in the Baptist community is a good education. That is the only way to continue the upliftment of the faith. Without education, we are nothing.”

Under her leadership, St Barbara’s Spiritual Shouter Baptist Primary School was built and opened in Maloney. She added it was also her tenure the first-ever Shouter Baptist early childhood care and education school was built.

“So we did the early childhood centre, the primary school and I promised that we would do the secondary school. But God does not sleep. So, should God give us that opportunity, we will build that school for you. Our schools must become smart because the world is changing with technology,” Persad-Bissessar said.

“We commit to that, that is why we implemented the laptop programme for every child. We had plans to give the tablets to primary school children – all that stopped. Everything gone. But God is good, and that time will come again. So I commit to you for education. Let your determination and courage serve as an inspiration to all of us.”

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