NASSAU, Bahamas — The government has budgeted $6.2 million for school repairs this year, but actually needs $9 million for the amount of work that has to be done, Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd said yesterday, the Nassau Guardian reported August 2.
Lloyd said officials will focus on the necessities, which include roof, plumbing and electrical repairs and will have to forgo other work that is not urgent.
He assured that public schools will be ready to open on September 3.
“The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Works and Education, we work in tandem to get these schools repaired,” Lloyd said.
“New Providence is primarily the responsibility of the Ministry of Works and the minister has assured us that the contracts have been signed and are being signed this week and the mobilization will be given to those contractors this week.
“We also know that many of those contractors would have already [started] the work because they need six or seven weeks to get the large scopes of works done in the respective schools.
“The smaller contractors are waiting on that mobilization and I have been assured that that mobilization will be provided this week before the 3rd of August, at which time they will have essentially four weeks to get those works done. I have been assured and I’m standing by that assurance that school will be ready for September 3, 2018.” https://thenassauguardian.com/2018/08/02/lloyd-says-schools-will-be-ready-for-sept-3/
