A state-of-the-art secondary school will soon be constructed in the community of Marurunau in Region Nine, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported on Friday.
During a sod-turning ceremony on Friday, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand underlined that the school will cater to the educational needs of students from the communities of Awarewaunau, Marurunau and Shea, upon completion.
The education minister said, “It is a secondary school that will cater for about 400 children. There will be dorms for the children from Awarewaunau and Shea…This project should finish by next June [2025] …I understand that the students from Arupanau now want to come here instead of going to Sand Creek.”