Rural school gets new classrooms

 By DOROTHY MARK

CHILDREN attending Behir Primary School outside, Madang, have three new double-classrooms which cost more than K90,000 to build.

Construction began in 2008 and principal Adolf Iguba said the three double-classrooms were one of the few developments at the school since its establishment in 1958.

“We used a local contractor to construct this building at the cost of K90,146.02 from the free education subsidy we received this year,” Iguba said.

He said the school received K91,000 in its first batch of tuition fee-free subsidy and K89,000 in the second. 

Iguba said the school had 600 students and 20 teachers.

The last touches of paint were completed early on Friday morning as people in the Amele area arrived to be part of the official blessing and opening of the building.

The school accommodates children from more than 12 villages in Amele.

“We have three streams of Grade Three to Eight. The new classrooms are for Grade Eight,” Iguba said.

School board chairman Jack Iguba said it was the first primary school built in Transgogol but it had received little development.

Assistant community development director in Madang JosephBande said the erection of the new classroom was a sign of development by the Government.

The school had used 40% of its subsidy allocation on stationary and learning materials.