With deteriorated folders, walls with large cracks and ceilings about to collapsethis is how children study at the Héctor Peas Tsegkuan school and educational institution No. 17092, both located in the native community of Kayakusha, in the province of Condorcanqui. Faced with this alarming situation, teachers denounce the abandonment of the Ministry of Education and demand urgent attention to guarantee decent and quality education.
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“Some children use logs as seats and, due to the lack of folders, three or five students sit on one,” denounces Rosemary Pioc, president of the Awajún Women’s Council.
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In this community, located more than three hours from the city, the schools are in terrible condition. For example, the Héctor Peas Tsegkuan school has some classrooms made of precarious wood and corrugated iron roofs; while the cement halls present huge cracks, just like the ceilingswhich represents a serious danger to children.
In addition to studying in deteriorated environments, students do not have basic study supplies. There are not enough chairs and the few folders available are broken, as are the blackboards. Given this scenario, parents have built some folders by hand; However, these are still insufficient.
“This is the harsh reality, the classrooms are very small and the students study together. The Ministry of Education claims to have implemented everything, but the reality is different. Urgent support is needed, because children must have a quality education and all the necessary resources to study; however, the government has abandoned them,” he points out.
The schoolchildren of educational institution No. 17092 experience the same situation, because their classrooms are built with Deteriorated boards and rusty roofs. They do not have the basic furniture so that children can study, nor adequate bathrooms, since they only have a silo for your needs.
“At eleven in the morning the heat becomes unbearable. The sheets get hot and class cannot be taught. We need urgent support,” said Reineiro, one of the affected teachers. Likewise, he maintained that so far they have not received support from local or central authorities.
No basic services
The health situation is just as precarious. Teacher Daniela Huajay Pérez explained that the school only has a water pipe on the floor, without sinks or adequate facilities for the boys and girls.
“The bathroom is a silo without a toilet. Because of the heat, the odors are unbearable and can cause illness,” he denounced.
It’s not all, Mothers cook on the floor and with some old pots to feed their children. These conditions reflect the abandonment and lack of support faced by both students and their families in the Kayakusha native community.
“You, ministers, would not allow your children to study like this. We feel that we are forgotten because we live in a distant place,” says Huayjay.
For this reason, teachers request immediate help from the Ministry of Education and the Regional Government of Amazonas, so that new classrooms are built, furniture is implemented and basic services are improved.
“We ask you to come and see how our children study. We don’t have decent classrooms or recreational spaces. We just want a safe school for them.”
In the midst of heat, dirt and indifference, students from the native community of Kayakusha continue to attend classes. They do so despite the abandonment of the State, with the desire to learn even in the midst of precariousness.
