THE new Kato Secondary School has been completed, and will be opened to facilitate students next year. This latest development continues the trend of making education accessible to all Guyanese.Located in Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni), the Kato Secondary School was specially built to ease the distance they traverse to access secondary level education. Its dormitories will cater for those students from far off communities in the region.

The school is currently being furnished, and Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam, indicated that the related human resources are ensuring that this is taken care of in time for 2016, along with other elements. This school was initially billed at $780M, but Government said the final tally could be about $1B.

While such a school is not a new concept, the self-sustaining Kato Secondary is to be replicated in other schools. Kwakwani Secondary in Region 10 is such an institution.
For the Kato Secondary School to be self-sustaining, resources such as solar energy and agricultural projects are being considered, Sam pointed out.

Solar energy will be a boost for students while studying for their exams, completing assignments, and of course, providing electricity for all classrooms. Implementation of agricultural projects in the school will supply food for students living-in at the dormitory.

Ongoing is the filling of vacancies for various positions: Principal (Headmistress/Headmaster), Senior Master/Mistress, Heads of Departments and Assistant Mistresses/Masters to teach Social Studies, Mathematics, English and Science among other subjects.

The school has an adjoining administrative block, teachers’ quarters, kitchen and sanitary facilities.

Apart from the dozen classrooms, the school will boast computer and science laboratories, and industrial arts, home economics, visual arts and agriculture departments.