CONSTRUCTION is progressing on a new secondary school at Prospect, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
During a site visit by Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Thursday, it was visible that significant work is underway.
The project, which costs US$8.1 million, is anticipated to cater for 1,000 students to accommodate both current and future populations, and is being constructed on some 6.12 acres of land.
The school will include the following facilities: 25 classrooms; an information technology laboratory; a language laboratory; science laboratories; an Industrial Technology Department (metal work, wood work AutoCAD); a Home Economics Department (food and nutrition, clothing and textile and home management); Visual and Performing Arts facilities, a library, and a sick bay.
Further, it is expected to have an administrative block, which includes a principal’s office, staff room, canteen, sanitary facilities for students and staff, along with an assembly area, recreational area and other facilities.
