Shadow Education minister Lovitta Foggo has said the Devonshire community should be “extremely concerned” about an inspection at Elliot Primary School that identified that the fire alarm system is inoperable.

Furthermore, Ms Foggo said there had been no progress in rectifying the fault since the inspection was carried out six weeks ago “putting our loved ones at risk”.

“Ministers Wayne Scott and Craig Cannonier are well aware of this issue due to their areas of responsibility of education and works and engineering respectively, and we are sure that the Finance Minister Bob Richards must be aware as well as he holds the purse strings.

“Why the reluctance from OBA government in dealing with this extremely important and potentially dangerous scenario? Based on the fire code, schools should not be allowed to operate without functioning fire alarms.

“Once again, the people see an OBA government place a reduced emphasis on public education and the infrastructure that supports it, while lavishing money on unpopular projects like the airport. This is symptomatic of their increasing disconnect with the community they were elected to serve.”

Ms Foggo called on Michael Dunkley, the Premier, Mr Scott, the Education Minister, Richards and Craig Cannonier, Minister for Works and Engineering “put their money where their mouths are, and rectify this situation immediately.”

A Ministry of Education spokeswoman responded to the comments in a statement, saying: “The ministry is aware of the fire alarm deficiencies at Elliot School and is actively working with local vendors to resolve the problems.

“It is the intention of the ministry to carry out the repairs by the beginning of next week.”