OpiMax Learning Centre

In March 2009 Maxine Donovan, a trained teacher and a returning resident from the UK, started providing literacy support on a voluntary basis to children preparing for the Grade 4 Literacy Test at Bethabara Primary and Junior High School located in Newport, South Manchester. The school operates a two-shift system from 7:30am – 12:20pm and 12:30pm – 5:30pm. This results in children spending less time in school compared to schools, which do not operate a shift system where children are at school from 8.00am to 3.00pm.

The need for literacy support was great, so Maxine Donovan held a reading workshop at Bethabara Primary and Junior High School during the 2009 summer holidays. Following requests from parents for literacy support for their children, the OpiMax Learning Centre was started in Newport, South Manchester by Horace & Maxine Donovan on 31st August 2009. More