Minister of Education Priya Manickchand and several other government ministers yesterday turned the sod signifying the beginning of the construction of a new Abrams Zuil Secondary School in Region Two.
Manickchand said that over the last five years the school had reached a state where it required heavy maintenance work but nothing was done causing the more than 500 children to suffer. According to a release from the ministry, she said that the new school is a multi-year project and is scheduled to be completed next year at a cost of $585M.
She explained that for the current students the Ministry is exploring several options to have them accommodated at other locations.
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall through whose Ministry the new school is being facilitated said that a modern school will be built. He added that the school will cater for 800 students. He said that the contract for the school was signed a few weeks ago and that his Ministry intends to strictly hold the contracting firm to the contractual timelines. The contract was awarded to Builders Hardware and General Supplies.
