Renovated CIFEC campus won’t open till New Year
(CNS): The new Cayman Islands Further Education Centre campus, which was due to open at the old George Hicks site at the beginning of this academic year, is now expected to open in the New Year when the school term resumes as the work is still not finished. The education ministry said that CIFEC would continue operations at the Family Life Centre for the remainder of this term, and relocation will take place over the holidays after the completion of significant renovations.
“Plans for CIFEC to relocate during the Christmas break will ensure a seamless transition for students and staff while allowing the contractors to finalise all the necessary preparations,” said DES Director Mark Ray. “We are committed to maintaining the quality of education while ensuring that the new space meets all the requirements for occupancy.”
The project includes upgrades to classrooms and other learning spaces, replacement and repairs to windows and doors, extensive cleaning and air quality testing and roofing repairs. External painting and walkway canopy repairs are also in the final stages, and work is expected to be finished within the coming week. The remaining scope of work includes walkway repairs and painting, for which materials are scheduled to arrive in mid-December.
CIFEC Director Mark Seerattan said the collaborative efforts had sustained continuity of teaching and learning throughout the term.
“Our ability to operate from the Family Life Centre has been instrumental to ensuring continued teaching and learning for the past few months,” he said. “In collaboration with John Gray High School and Superior Auto, we have been able to make strides with our practical TVET subjects, with the aim of continuing at a pace for completion when we move over to our new site.”
Offering his appreciation and noting the “maturity and resilience” of the students during the term so far, he said there had “only been minimal incidents of major conflict despite our operations from a smaller site”.
Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, who is also the education minister, said she was pleased to see how the CIFEC family has banded together to ensure a successful Christmas term. “The move to their new campus in January will provide even greater opportunities for students to excel and reach their full potential,” she added.
Learn more about the Department of Education Services and CIFEC here.
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I see the professional turd polishers are being wheeled out, to lie through gritted teeth about how great everything is.
Can someone at MoE or DES just level and say, “yeah, it’s been terrible, it continues to be terrible, but soon we’ll have some old buildings repurposed with a lick of paint, which will enable all of us to focus on building a vanity project school in the Brac.”
The situation is deplorable yet they pat themselves on the back while Juliana squanders tens of millions in the Brac.
civil service and cig incompetence is never ending…
Must be paying the Jamaican workers by the hour. Therefore job takes twice as long.
yup, being spearheaded by the Caymankind contractor like Fred.