CONSTRUCTION of the $$846.705 million Tuschen Secondary School in Region Three has commenced and according to the Ministry of Education (MoE), the work is progressing smoothly.

The school is expected to be ready for occupation by August, in time for the new academic year which begins in September.

The contract for the construction was signed in July last year, along with the contract for a school at Hosororo, Region One.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand at the signing had warned contractors that delaying the projects was not an option.

This publication had previously reported that more than 800 students are set to occupy the school at Tuschen. The students will be accommodated within a combined circular and cylindrical building covered with a dome roof.

Some 24 classrooms will be added to the school along with a science centre, which will be equipped with physics, chemistry and biology labs. The Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Centre will have industrial and home economics laboratories.

The school will also have an outdoor space which will include a recreational facility for basketball, cricket and other sports.