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The government has said that it will subsidise the cost associated with assigning new teachers to the Nyabinghi Theocracy School.<\/p>

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Government Chief of Staff, Lionel Max Hurst said teachers will be asked to extend their services to the Rastafarian community, where they will teach the public school curriculum.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey need teachers who are qualified\u201d, Hurst said, adding, that the government would determine how many teachers they would need, depending on the number of students who attend.<\/p>

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\u201cWe don\u2019t want to leave anybody behind because we don\u2019t want them to become second class citizens,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>

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Hurst explained that \u201cthey are citizens of Antigua and Barbuda and we don\u2019t want them to be disadvantaged.\u00a0 They must not only be farmers and grow marijuana to make a living.\u00a0 We want them to become medical doctors and engineers and architects and so on\u2026have the same opportunities like everybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The teachers, Hurst said, are likely to start in January 2018, after the school break ends.<\/p>

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He is hoping that the government will find teachers who will volunteer to teach at the Nyabinghi Theocracy School.<\/p>\n

The government has also agreed to provide additional Rastafarian communities with electricity, running water and Internet \u201cin order to ensure that no permanent underclass is allowed to appear in Antigua.\u201d<\/p>

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Hurst explained that some Rastafarian communities don\u2019t have running water or electricity and that \u201cthey\u2019re living in a primitive state in most instances.\u201d<\/p>

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Therefore, he said, the government will provide these utilities at a \u201cminimal cost\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are talking about a figure that is essentially less that 0.01 percent. We\u2019re looking at a small figure, maybe $3,500 a month, if that much for electricity, internet and water,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The government chief of staff said they have given themselves a timeline of 60 days, after which installation of services and teacher placement will begin.<\/p>\n

According to Hurst, the government is liaising with a Rastafarian elder familiarly called \u201cFather\u201d.<\/p>\n

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