The Ra­mai Trace Hin­du School is 95 per­cent com­plete but it the ground in so over­grown with bush that it is now be­ing used as a pas­ture for cows and goats.

In the mean­time, over 200 stu­dents from the school are at­tend­ing class­es in the Hanu­man Mi­lan Mandir at Pe­nal Rock Road, lo­cat­ed sev­er­al miles away.

Frus­trat­ed that their young loved ones were at­tend­ing class­es in a cramped, poor­ly ven­ti­lat­ed mandir with lim­it­ed wash­rooms, an­gry par­ents staged a protest at the over­grown school on Wednes­day morn­ing.

Hold­ing up plac­ards which read, "Help our chil­dren," "Row­ley must go" and "We pay tax­es too", the par­ents de­mand­ed that the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion im­me­di­ate­ly com­plete the con­struc­tion of the school.

PTA pres­i­dent Sher­ry Per­sad- Bhag­wans­ingh said con­struc­tion stopped in 2015 and since then promis­es were made that the school will be com­plet­ed.

A cow grazes at the Ramai Trace Hindu School.

"It is al­most four years and we still wait­ing. Every time we call the Min­istry they say­ing that the school is in a pri­or­i­ty list. If this is a pri­or­i­ty then what about those schools which are not a pri­or­i­ty?" Per­sad- Bhag­wans­ingh asked.

Since 2015, more than 100 pupils have been trans­ferred out of the school be­cause of de­plorable con­di­tions. When Guardian Me­dia vis­it­ed the school, vines were seen grow­ing on the stair­ways and sides of the build­ing. A cow was tied at the over­grown yard and goats grazed at the back.

Per­sad- Bhag­wans­ingh said the build­ing was al­most ready to be oc­cu­pied but the gov­ern­ment was de­lib­er­ate­ly keep­ing it closed.

"What ben­e­fit can they get from keep­ing the school closed? What joy do they get from see­ing our chil­dren suf­fer?"

For­mer pub­lic re­la­tions of­fi­cer at the school Van­dana Sankaar said she was dis­heart­ened by the con­tin­ued clo­sure of the school. She said the PTA held sev­er­al meet­ings with Min­is­ter Lovell Fran­cis and An­tho­ny Gar­cia and promis­es were made.

"Noth­ing hap­pened and this is un­ac­cept­able. We want the school open now," she added.

An­oth­er par­ent Maria Ra­moutar said there were on­ly two wash­rooms at the man for over 150 girls and one wash­room and a uri­nal for 60 boys.

She said her son told her he of­ten has to hold up his urine be­cause of the long lines at the toi­let and the dirty con­di­tion it of­ten was in.

" The stench is so un­bear­able and this is not healthy for the chil­dren, " Ra­moutar said. She al­so added that chil­dren were get­ting in­to fights be­cause they were ir­ri­tat­ed by the de­plorable con­di­tions.

The par­ents say they want the school to be opened as soon as pos­si­ble.

Guardian Me­dia will bring you more in­for­ma­tion as this sto­ry un­folds.