Land issues, no repairs affect school

 LAND owner issues and deteriorating infrastructure have hindered the growth of the Kerema High School over the years, deputy principal Angier Maravila said.
The school, established during the colonial times, currently caters for 300 students from the surrounding villages in Gulf.
“The school has been thinking of expanding but land issues on the boundaries and deteriorating classrooms have been a major concern,” she said.
Gulf Governor Havila Kavo however pulled down the barrier holding back development.
With a K10 million investment, construction is on the way for a two-storey building with four classrooms, two ablution blocks, dormitories for 80 females and males students and a computer lab.
Maravila said the construction of the buildings was timely as classrooms for Grades 9 and 10 overcrowded and falling apart.
“We are thankful to Governor Kavo for his continuous support and his initiatives to provide better infrastructure and learning facilities for Gulf children,”  Maravila said.
She said with plans to upgrade the status of the school from high to secondary, the new classrooms would go a long way towards helping improve the teacher-student ratio.
Several students said that initiatives to improve the school were signs of development and a way forward in the province.
“Education is one of the priority areas the provincial government will focus on changing and upgrading,” Kavo said.