Nine rural schools to be upgraded

Minister of Education Rev Ronald Thwaites and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Scarlette Gillings affix their signatures to the contract for rehabilitation and expansion of nine schools in rural Jamaica. Also sharing in the moment during a ceremony at the ministry’s Heroes Circle offices last Friday are Director of MAE Construction Company Phillip Evans (seated right) and (standing from left) Principal of Aberdeen Primary and Junior High School Milbert Miller, Director of Ricam Construction Devon Richards, and Member of Parliament for South East St Elizabeth Richard Parchment.
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SOME $160 million has been allocated to undertake expansion and rehabilitation works at nine schools in rural Jamaica, ahead of the 2014/15 academic year, which begins in September.