The newly built $25.7 million education office in Oronoque, Port Kaituma, Region One, will serve as a central hub to bolster the delivery of quality education within the Matarkai sub-district.
Constructed by AAV Ragobeer and Sons Contracting Services, the facility will accommodate two education officers, two schools’ welfare officers, staff from the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), and other support staff of the Department of Education, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Sonia Parag along with Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal officially commissioned the building on Sunday.
According to DPI, Parag underscored the government’s commitment to strengthening the education system through the establishment of essential educational infrastructure.
“Our children deserve access to education and a system that we can have the best teachers and staffing…So that they could carry out their functions,” she Parag told the gathering.
Meanwhile, Croal disclosed that the cabinet recently gave its approval to expedite the extension of several educational buildings in Region One.
As such, the Baramita Nursery and Primary schools will be extended to cater for the growing population.
Works are also ongoing on Hosororo, Northwest, and Kwebanna Secondary schools.
Meanwhile, Regional Chairman Brentnol Ashley said that the facility demonstrates the government’s transformational agenda.
