CHIDREN at the Mortice Nursery School, at Mortice Mahaicony, will benefit from a $1.2M upgrade of their school building this year as part of the 2017 work program of the Regional Democratic Council of Region Five (Mahaica/Berbice).The Primary school on the upper flat of the two storeyed building, which houses the Nursery school, will also be repaired and upgraded at a cost of $1M. The upgrades for the Nursery section of the school will include tiling of the floor, replacement of the windows, upgrading of the toilets, repainting of the entire building and installation of other facilities to make the environment more child friendly, a senior official of the Engineering Department of Region Five said.

He disclosed that improvements to the upper flat from which the primary school aged children will benefit will include replacements of doors and windows, upgrades of the toilets, the washroom facilities and the electrical system and installation of an additional water tank and water pump.

“This year we in effect taking up from where we left off last year when we did major works on both flats of the school following heavy infestation of the ceilings by bats, a shortage of potable water and some other issues,” the official said.

“Last year we completed a new ceiling and we put in new lights and new electrical cables and gave the building a face lift. We fixed the toilet. They had an issue with water and we ran new lines from the main and installed a water pump. This year’s works, to be completed early this year, will really be a completion of the work started last year and the students and pupils will no doubt benefit from the new environment that takes place when the repairs and upgrades are completed.”