High electricity costs stifling rural schools

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High electricity costs stifling rural schools

Dr John Lennon, a retired IT consultant and returning resident from the United Kingdom, is expressing frustration at what he calls the continued ‘educational apartheid’. He told The Gleaner how solar-powered schools would reduce the heavy expenses...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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