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THE Rose Hill RC Primary School received a new set of steelpans from Housing and Urban Development Minister Adrian Leonce as part of the ongoing Pan in Schools initiative being done by the East Port of Spain Development Company Ltd (EPoS).

A statement on April 14 said Leonce reminded students at the handover ceremony at the school on April 11 of the significance of preserving and promoting the steelpan as a key part of the nation's cultural identity.

“As proud residents of East Port of Spain and Laventille, we must cherish the great instrument that came from our space. The only way to do that and to be real in what we're saying is to have it in the schools. Every school in TT should have a pan ensemble that all children can play.”