As part o fits efforts to provide universal education, the Ministry of Education has announced that three new schools will be built in the Barima-Waini region (Region One).
The schools will be constructed in Huradiah in the Moruca subdistrict, Waramuri and Kwebana, a release from the ministry said.
According to the release, following consultations with residents of Huradiah village, Moruca Sub Region, a new primary school will be built in the community which will cater for 250 pupils. Presently, to receive an education, pupils in the village travel across the Moruca river to the Santa Rosa Primary School. That school is currently overcrowded.
The release disclosed that ten acres of land were made available for the construction of the school. Pupils from the villages of Huradiah, Cabrora, Acquero and Rincon will also benefit from this new school.
Additionally, a new secondary school will be built at Waramuri. The Ministry of Education said it will be a modern secondary school that will house 400 students. It is also expected to be equipped with Physics, Chemistry and Biology laboratories along with Information Technology, Home Economics and Industrial Technology laboratories, staff room, auditorium and teachers’ quarters to house 10 teachers and will be solar powered.
Students from Waramuri and Haimacabra are also expected to benefit from the construction of this school.
Similarly, the ministry said, a modern secondary school which will cater to 500 students will be constructed in Kwebana. Like the school at Waramuri, this complex will be equipped with Physics, Chemistry and Biology laboratories along with Information Technology, Home Economics and Industrial Technology laboratories, staff room, auditorium and will be solar powered.
In addition to catering for 500 students in the classrooms, a dormitory will be built to house 250 children. It also comes equipped with teachers’ quarters which will house 30 teachers.
The school will serve the villages of Kwebanna, Santa Cruz, Waikerebi, Chinese Landing, Kokerite, Kariako, Warapoka, Assakata, and Unity Grant.
The primary school at Kewbana is currently being extended to comfortably accommodate the school’s increasing population.
