North Ruimveldt Secondary Smart classroom will be re-established

Once rebuilt, the North Ruimveldt Secondary School will be outfitted with another smart classroom to replace the one that was destroyed in the fire last year.n

Education Minister, Priya Manickchand responding to questions about the reconstruction of the school from opposition member of Parliament Natasha Singh-Lewis on Thursday, said, “We will be happy to replace the smart classroom, the building that will be going up will take into consideration the replacement of and addition to all the facilities, all that were mentioned by the honourable member, in that new building.”

The minister pointed out that the  other facilities are the information technology room, the school’s library, and the technical drawing and architecture rooms. “Additionally, even as we speak, to be able to cater for the students who are being educated in the premises (that) have not been destroyed, libraries and computer labs are up and running,” she noted.

Manickchand pointed that when the PPP/C left office in 2015, the smart classroom at North Ruimveldt Secondary School was established. She disclosed that the APNU+AFC did not establish any other such facility during its term in office.

The minister stressed that since returning to government, they have established a smart classroom at Leonora Secondary, the first in Region Three. Further, a second for the region will be established at the West Demerara Secondary School. In addition, the Line Path Secondary School in Region Six also benefitted from a smart classroom.

The minister revealed that a section of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral Secondary school was destroyed by fire in June of 2021.

Minister Manickchand disclosed that bids for the construction of the school were closed on June 23, and are currently being evaluated by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board. “As soon as that is done, the expected next step would be for whoever wins the award to enter into a contract with the Government of Guyana, and then commence reconstruction of the school,” she said.