Roy and school
Roy ‘an icon’
FIJI Football Association CEO Mohammed Yusuf said it was a milestone achievement for the country after Roy Krishna was appointment the new ambassador for OFC.
Now that Roy has made an impact in football, can we identify young talents and football potentials and make arrangements for them to get an attachment with some overseas club either in Australia or NZ.
During the last football season, we saw an enormous amount of potential in the likes of Pawan Singh, Rajeev Sharma, Muni Shivam, Nabeel Begg, Mosese Nabose, Ratu Dau and Merril Nand and if these young boys can get an international break, things could change.
I believe the 2022 World Cup qualifier has been hampered because of lack of preparation and game time against quality oppositions.
Let’s build up for 2026 and try to nurture 10 more Roys. One can then imagine the calibre of the national football team. What say FFA top brass?
RAJNESH ISHWAR LINGAM Nadawa, Nasinu
Frustration at school
MY grandchildren attend a prominent Nabua school.
They were very excited to go back to school and meet their friends and teachers as they were bored with home learning and the confined environment.
When they arrived at the school, they were very excited to see a pleasant and an inviting school environment.
However, this euphoria soon changed into despair as they were ushered into filthy classrooms and asked to clean their own desks and chairs.
Many children had come unprepared to do this so they used their handkerchief reluctantly. The school had not bothered to get desk and chairs wiped in advance as months of dust had collected on them !
The experience of wearing masks constantly in this summer heat was suffocating indeed. Children found it hard to breathe and constantly pulled their masks down.
However, teachers kept shouting and asking them to put their masks on. Tempers were flaring as children’s nostrils, nose and face became itchy.
There was no such thing as social distancing as students were crammed into the same class size.
They had hoped that the class would be split into two groups and given morning and afternoon tutorial sessions. But nothing of the sort happened.
At the end of the day the glumfaced children returned home and related the horrid stories to their mother. In frustration she rang me up as children refused to go back to school which had become a hell hole!
Could the Ministry of Education seriously look into these complaints and find a solution.
Dual sessions for classes seem to be a good suggestion. We certainly do not want our schools to become super-spreaders of the deadly virus. DEWAN CHAND
Namadi Heights, Suva