New Nauru Primary School adds to high class education system
Parents and students are lauding the
new Nauru Primary School that opened on October
6.
The two story and eight classroom
school has a capacity for 400 students and was built by Australian
company Canstruct in collaboration with the Government of Nauru,
the Australian Government, the Nauru Education Department and the
Australian Border Force.
Using building materials that can
cope with equatorial conditions - and able to withstand cyclones,
earthquakes, fire, flood and termites - it was designed to stay
cool with cross-flow airflow and ceiling fans which is appreciated
by students given the Nauruan climate.
Since the school's opening a month
ago by Acting President and Minister for Education Hon Charmaine
Scotty MP, regular classes have been operating in all subjects for
children across the island including refugee and asylum seeker
students.
Ms Scotty said the school was
another step in the advancement of the country's education system
which can now claim to be one of the best in the Pacific
region.
"Many of our schools are now very
new and modern and others have been upgraded, and the quality of
our teaching and educational administration is now comparable to
Australian standards.
"It is a credit to our teachers and
we also thank Catholic Education for their
contribution."
Ms Scotty said the Government was
grateful to the Australian Government for their funding to enable
the new primary school to be built and congratulated builder
Canstruct for designing and building a complex that is world
class.