SURINAME – As it turns out many children still have to be registered at the Ministry of Education and Community Development (Minov) in order to get a spot on a school bus. Officials pointed out that parents only have themselves to blame for this. Julius Pahalwankhan, deputy director  Technical Services at Minov, and Kenneth Themen, chairman of the Organization of Bus and Boat Owners (OBS), pointed out that the people have to stand in long lines at the ministry every day and that this is the result of parents’ negligence…[+]