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165.
Additionally $5 million was allocated for improvement, refurbishment and
extensions to the ECCE Centres. All of the allocation was utilised.
Primary Education
166.
The
Primary School Programme, Trinidad
utilised $289.34 million of its $332
million in fiscal year 2013. The funds were expended on the following:
completion construction of the Barrackpore ASJA primary school.
continued construction of nine (9) primary schools - Fanny Village,
Enterprise, Belmont, Monkey Town, Febeau Village and New Grant
Government, Rosehill and Paramin RC and Eckel Village Anglican
improvement, refurbishment and extensions to primary schools accounted
for $106.1 million of the expenditure during fiscal 2013 as preservation
works continued on one hundred and fifty (150) Government assisted
primary schools across Trinidad and Tobago. Schools benefitting include
Dow Village, Ortoire, Santa Rita RC, Hermitage, La Romaine RC,
Mucurapo Boys RC, Guayaguayare RC, Eastern Girls, Grant Memorial
Presbyterian and Clarke Rochard Government Primary School, to name a
few
procurement of furniture and equipment expended approximately $18.2
million to continue furnishing activities in primary schools
Secondary Education
167.
The Ministry of Education‟s effort to develop our human capital continued in
fiscal 2013 with the construction of eleven (11) secondary schools. Under the Secondary
School Construction Programme the Ministry of Education expended $20 million for the
construction of eleven (11) secondary schools. Thus far more than eighty per cent (80%)
have been completed, while the remainder are in the early stages of construction.
168.
Preventative and routine maintenance works continued under the
Improvement/Refurbishment Works
Programme on Government and Government
Assisted Secondary Schools in fiscal 2013. The programme utilised its revised allocation
of $71 million in its entirety as nearly all the schools had severe plumbing and electrical
activities to be carried out.
169.
Additionally, approximately $20 million was expended in fiscal 2013 to initiate
construction works at six (6) denominational schools namely Shiva Boys‟, Sangre Grande
and Lakshmi Girls‟ Hindu Colleges, Caroni Village SDMS Boys‟ and Charlieville ASJA
Boys‟ and Girls‟ Secondary Schools.
