State-of-the art North West Secondary School commissioned

Engaging: President Irfaan Ali engages some students at the commissioning of a new state-of-the art North West Secondary School in Mabaruma. (Ministry of Education photo)

President Irfaan Ali on Monday commissioned a new state-of-the art North West Secondary School in Mabaruma that will provide some 575 students with academic classes and vocational training.

The school, which cost approximately $346 million, occupies a total area of 10,200 square feet. It includes 23 classrooms, three laboratories (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) and a modified technical drawing room for a computer science laboratory, washrooms including for children with special needs, a staff room, a secretary’s office, four canteens, a practical instruction department, a janitor’s room, a storage room, and two elevators.