Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand yesterday commissioned the Doodnauth Hetram block at Queen’s College.
A release from the Ministry of Education said that the $103.5 million block features eight classrooms, washroom facilities, and a home economics lab and will accommodate approximately 200 Queen’s College sixth form students.
Delivering the feature address, Manickchand stated that the Ministry of Education has been assiduously working to provide safe and comfortable learning environments for students across the country. She said that the commissioning of a new block caters to the growing population of the school.
She said that the idea behind the expansion of the school is to enable more students to benefit from the opportunities and quality of education offered by the institution. She pointed out that this is the approach at the five national schools (Queen’s College, the Bishops’ High, St. Stanislaus College, St. Rose’s High School and St. Joseph High School).
While giving a background to the new block, the Principal of Queen’s College, Rajkumarie Lall stated that it was named after Doodnauth Hetram a former principal to commemorate his nineteen years of service to the school. He was the first Guyanese principal of the institution and served in that capacity from 1963 to 1969.
Chairman of the school’s Board of Governors, Marcel Gaskin said that the Doodnauth Hetram block is a welcome addition to the institution’s facilities.
