President Bharrat Jagdeo was a ‘no show’ at the commissioning of the $322M LeonoraThe $322M Leonora Secondary School.Secondary School yesterday after failing to make an appearance a few days earlier at the opening of the Leonora Technical and Vocational Training Centre at Groenveldt, Leonora,Cheap NFL Authentic Jerseys, Region Three.This school has the capacity to house 1,000 students.Phulandar Kandhai,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys China, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, explained that the school officially started at the bottom house of the Leonora Hindu Mandir in 1964 and while the student population grew,Cheap NFL Jerseys, it was obvious that a new location was necessary.“Quality education couldn’t be offered in those circumstances…Now we have a population of almost 750 students and this state-of-the-art building can accommodate 1,000. As the population continues to grow we know this space will not be enough and will soon have to start thinking about expanding, like building an annex,” said Kandhai.The project was scheduled to commence on July 24, 2010.However, due to complications involving drainage and irrigation, works begun later and thus the school was completed four-months after the expected one-year stipulation.Kaieteur News understands that the contract for this school’s establishment was awarded to the Kares Engineer Inc and the project cost amounted to $293.5M.An additional $14.8M was spent on the purchasing of furniture for the new building,NFL Jerseys Supply, $9.5M went towards tools and equipment, and $4.3M for stocking the computer laboratory.There are 23 classrooms, an Information Technology Laboratory equipped with 30 computers,China Jerseys, two Science Laboratories, clothing and textile rooms, metal and woodworking rooms.A section of the students, teachers and parents during the commissioning ceremony of the Leonora Secondary School.Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh,Cheap Jerseys Supply, told the gathering of teachers and students that the Ministry is keen on the development of human resources which are the students themselves which is why it is providing access to education nationwide.“We can only transform our country, achieve both social and economic developments if our country has an educated population,Cheap Jerseys From China,” said Baksh.He also highlighted the major achievements Guyana has recorded in the education sector both locally and internationally, specifically at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) level.
