Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says that the St George’s High School which was destroyed by fire in July this year is to be rebuilt at the same location.
Manickchand said that the ministry had preferred to find a larger plot of land but acknowledged that it is difficult to find such in Georgetown.
“We are looking at the same location, while we had preferred to find a really nice place that has large areas to play and do other things, finding land in Georgetown is really hard, it’s almost impossible to find large spaces of land. What we realise is that we really need schools where children can access because of where they live without too much expense”, she said.
She added that the owners of the land, the Anglican Diocese, have been clear that they have no objection if the ministry plans to rebuild the school but however made it clear that the land is not for sale.
“The church said no, we were in talks with the church to buy but they have been very clear that if we are building back the school it is fine, permission is there for that”, she added
The St George’s High School was ravaged by an electrical fire on July 20th. At the time of the fire, six students and four teachers were in the building but they managed to escape. The building, located along Company Path on the north-eastern side of the historic St George’s Cathedral, between North Road and Church Street, had accommodated hundreds of students.
Some of the students were placed at schools in proximity to their homes.
