Kwebanna Secondary under construction to serve 700 students

Construction at the Kwebanna Secondary School is advancing smoothly, according to observations made during a site visit by the Education Minister, Priya Manickchand on Tuesday. According to the Minister, the brand-new Kwebanna Secondary School will cater for approximately 700 children.
She also stated that the school will be built in a very modern style for the comfort of student and teachers. “These are classroom blocks built in a campus-style setting, which parents and children are currently being allowed to view,” she explained. Most significantly, she noted that several parts of the school are well underway.

“The teachers’ quarters—it is beautifully being done—it will provide teachers with their own modern living spaces. That area will serve as the dining area and cafeteria and behind it will be a dormitory,” she added. Additionally, she pointed out that one of the rooms is outfitted with a sitting area and its own bathroom.
The Minister explained that the school will help achieve universal secondary education in this part of the Moruca sub-district.
“It will accommodate children from Barima-Waini, the Barama River and the Waini River. Villages such as, Santa Cruz, Kariako, and Warapoka along with Kwebanna itself and surrounding communities, will benefit as parents are consenting to have their children attend this school,” she said.

Drawing comparisons to schools in Georgetown, the Minister stated that Kwebanna Secondary is expected to be even nicer than any Georgetown school that we have.
Meanwhile she stated that in addition to Kwebanna, work is currently being completed on the Waramuri Secondary School and the Hosororo Secondary School in the Mabaruma sub-district whilst revealing other accomplishments made in completing the building for other schools. “Guyana has also completed the Northwest Secondary School, which was destroyed by arson, and we are building Matthews Ridge Secondary School… In Region One alone, five secondary schools are being built to bring about universal secondary education,” the Minister stated.
“Wherever communities grow and we see the need for a school—primary, nursery, or secondary—it will be built. That is our commitment, and you can see that now. Forty-two secondary schools are under construction across Guyana, with 24 located in hinterland communities alone. I am really pleased by that because that’s where we had the deficit before. This will lead to more retention of children in secondary school because if children have a school to attend, we will clearly be able to retain them,” she concluded.