Minister of Education Priya Manickchand (Photo: DPI/September 19, 2023)
As such, the “Mr Doodnauth Hetram Block” was established, a symbol of the impressive contributions Mr Hetram made to the school over the course of 19 years.
Principal of the school, Rajkumarie Lall said this addition is in keeping with the theme for education month: “Investing in People, Changing Lives”.
“With the growing population, classes were forced to be held under the tent, the library and most times this was not conducive for learning both for students and teachers,” the Principal said.
Hailed the premier secondary school in the country, it is only fitting that this school underwent the much-needed extension for the level of learning required by its students. This building has laboratories and classrooms to accommodate Sixth Form students.
At this time a new building to accommodate home economics is also being constructed. The minister said that there are heavy investments made in the education sector.
“We need to see better results from the children across the subjects, we need to see a hundred percent matriculation rate, we need to see more uptake of some of the subjects we’ve never seen,” the Education Minister said.