Repair work stops on new Technical School in Baughers Bay
Works on the building started more than three months ago but was subsequently stopped although there seems to be quite a lot more work to do based on observations by Virgin Islands News Online.
It is not clear why work has been discontinued and efforts to get answers from the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Culture, Dr Marcia Potter, were unsuccessful.
“The works have started and so forth. Hopefully, they want to complete it so our school could start there September next school year… That was the plan,” commented Information Officer within the Ministry of Education, Colene A. Penn.
Asked if the works were going as planned and whether the deadline was likely to be reached, Ms Penn said, “For the most part, yes.”
Confronted for a comment, a senior person at the technical school at Baughers Bay referred this news site to the Education Department.
However, Sixth District Representative Hon. Alvera Maduro-Caines confirmed to Virgin Islands News Online that work on the building has indeed stopped but said she was not in a position to provide any further information at the time.
Efforts to reach the contractor Mr Claudius Wheatley were futile.
Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Myron V. Walwyn had said in August that the building would be renovated by early next year and that plans were already underway to have training commence in January 2014, for educators who will be assigned to the newly instituted Technical and Vocational School for the 2014-2015 school year.
With work on the building now stopped completely, it is highly unlikely that Minister Walwyn will achieve this goal.
According to public information, programmes to be administered at the new technical school would include hospitality, culinary arts and tourism; cosmetology and beauty therapy; construction (plumbing, electrical wiring, masonry, joinery) and auto, motor cycle and small engine repair.
The Minister had announced that the institution will give an equivalent Secondary School Leaving Certificate as the other secondary schools and students are expected to write CXC examinations in their academic subjects and City and Guilds in their technical subjects.
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26 Responses to “Repair work stops on new Technical School in Baughers Bay”
well sah! look how m**** mash up that private citizen's building?
Is the government funding the substantial improvement to this privately owned facility or the property owner? The property owner is benefitted doubly; is he being paid rent and getting his property substantially up graded? Sweet. Should not the government make do with this building as is or with minimal expenditure and invest in its own building?