Work on the new Five Islands Primary School is expected to start shortly, Cabinet Spokesperson Maurice Merchant has said.
Speaking about the project, Merchant confirmed that the contractor has been mobilised and heavy machinery is on site. “Within two to three weeks, you should see some activity there,” he added.
The groundbreaking for the facility took place in January. The school forms part of a US$80 million expansion of the UWI Five Islands Campus, funded by the Saudi Arabia Development Fund.
The current primary school will be demolished to make way for the new, climate-resilient building, which will feature 19 classrooms, kindergarten and preschool spaces, a library, IT laboratory, modern kitchen, sports facilities, counselling rooms, and faculty lounges. The campus, spread over 10 acres in Five Islands Village, is designed to accommodate 600 students.
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The campaign is ramping up.
Ground was broken months ago.
Nkw we are being told the construction will begin soon.
Is that soon the same as the timeliness for the commencement of work on the car park?
Oooppzzz!!!
Sorry!!
I didn’t want to mention that name.
Next week it will be in tbe cabinet briefing.
Tomorrow we will hear that a gold mine is to be built and commissioned in time for elections.
What has happened to the beer factory that was to be named after Lester Bird???
That was since the days of Lester.
Not even Lester’s DNA candidate be found in his grave now.
Yet not a blade of grass has been moved.
UPP, let us rally around Harold Lovell.
We have to defeat the labour machinery.
Any consideration for smart classrooms and a section for children with special needs that can be integrated into regular schools. This is an opportunity not just to update but to be forward looking.