ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Education in Antigua and Barbuda will receive a boost with a loan of US$ 13.4 million from the Caribbean Development Bank to assist the country’s efforts at providing more capacity at the secondary level.
The loan will also finance the consultancy services for the design of an Early Childhood Model Centre and a new secondary school.
In addition, the Bank will provide a grant of US$114 000 to assist with the financing of a citizens’ security intervention.
Expansion and rehabilitation works will also be carried out on three secondary schools – St Mary’s and Irene B. Williams on Antigua and Sir McChesney George Secondary on Barbuda.
These works will provide additional classrooms, specialist rooms and administrative spaces as well as furniture and equipment.
Along with the physical works, the project also provides for the evaluation and reform of the teacher education programme, the strengthening of resource allocation capacity, and a review and evaluation of technical vocational, education and training (TVET) capacity.
