The Dominican government has set aside a total of $5 million for the renovation of Grandbay Primary School and Wills Strathmore Stevens Primary School in the Grandbay Constituency. The refurbishment project is financed by Canada through the Caribbean Development Bank as part of the Dominica Climate Resilience Restoration Project.
Parliamentary representative for Grandbay, Edward Registe, said the government investment in education is actually a poverty alleviation initiative and thanked both the Canadian and Dominican governments for their commitment to people’s development.
Minister of Education, Octavia Alfred, noted that the DLP administration has embarked on the refurbishment of numerous schools across the country for the last three years. She said the remodelling drive has occasioned the reconstruction of schools, installation of basic infrastructure, and provision of conducive learning environments to students and teaching staff. Alfred said the initiative is in line with the resilient standard for buildings spearheaded by PM Skerrit Roosevelt.
The education minister revealed that schools in Paix Bouche, Wotten Waven, Salisbury, Castle Bruce, Atkinson and Morne Prosper have been reconstructed and those in Delices and Morne Jaune are currently in progress.
“Today it is the turn of the Grandbay Primary School and the Wills Strathmore Stevens Primary School,” she revealed. Early Childhood Centres will also be in these schools and special accommodation for students with special needs.”
The rehabilitation of the schools involve the reconstruction or replacement of roofs, installation of new ceilings, fixing of windows and doors and flooring, and renovation of electrical and plumbing facilities, painting, water storage tanks, fencing, and landscaping as well as sporting amenities among others.
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