St Vincent and the Grenadines: New school construction projects underway in Mayreau and Union Island

The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has engaged with the task of rehabilitating and reconstructing schools in the Grenadines most especially after being battered by Hurricane Beryl.

The project of two school construction activities is under progress, which will be a great stride toward reconstruction of the school infrastructure of this region.

The Mayreau Government School preliminary works have already begun. The construction of a new building is under development in the compound of the school. This project is most crucial since it entails construction of a structure that was utterly demolished by the passage of Hurricane Beryl.

The new facility that has been planned will offer safe, comfortable and modern learning environment for students who lost their school and have been attending classes under trees since hurricane devastated the region. The above project of reconstruction of Mayreau Government School is part of the overall exercise of the government to reopen educational services and bring normalcy to the Island community.

At the same time in Union Island, the Buildings, Roads and General Services Authority (BRAGSA) has embarked on the construction of a Mary Hutchinson Primary School in Ashton. It is one of several projects aimed at gradually replacing the temporary plywood constructions of the school with more permanent types of walls.

This symbolises the change which is crucial as far as protection and durability of the schools’ infrastructures are concerned, which were directly affected by Hurricane Beryl.

The new construction means that the institution will provide a safer learning environment in case of another calamity, hence the students and members of staff is assured of a building that will be safe to carry on with learning in the future.

All these reconstruction projects suggest more than mere reconstruction that encompasses physical structures of the education system in the Grenadines but a positive intervention for the future. The relevant government agencies’ concern with the resilience and sustainability of those new buildings can be understood as awareness of potential disasters.

In investing on the new and more robust structures of schools, the government is making sure that the students of Mayreau and Union Island receive their education in facilities that can withstand the circumstances that the climate in the area bring.

That is why current construction processes at the Mayreau Government School and Mary Hutchinson Primary School are the prognostic steps in the overall strategy of restoring better and more sturdy educational premises in the Grenadines.