New $4.5 million Au Cap school ready for pupils
The new US $4.5 million primary school at Au Cap which has been funded by the Chinese Government is ready and will take around 250 pupils from the middle of next term.
The principal secretary (PS) for education Jeanne Simeon announced this yesterday after Chinese Ambassador Weng Weiguo and the PS for foreign affairs Barry Faure had signed the handing over certificate for the school at a ceremony which took place at the Maison Queau de Quinssy.
Mrs Simeon said the school has the capacity to take between 400 and 500 pupils and the 250 including crèche children due to transfer to the new school will come from Anse aux Pins and Anse Royale schools.
The PS said P6 pupils in the older schools will not be transferred so as not to disturb them as they are preparing for their national examinations. She recalled that Turkey recently donated furniture for the new school where Seychelles government is at the moment doing landscaping work.
She thanked the Chinese government for funding construction of the school, work on which started in May 2008.
Mrs Simeon said the school is spacious and very beautiful as each block has been painted differently from the rest, adding Au Cap district did not have a school before.
“The pupils are looking forward moving to the new school which will officially be opened later in the year,” she said.
She said she and Education Minister Bernard Shamlaye visited the school and were very happy with the completion of the work and all that remains now is work her ministry needs to do before pupils move in.
“We have benefitted from generous donations from China in other projects and we hope we will continue to benefit in the future,” she said.