 The government, or St. Lucia in assessing state assets, is examining the current condition of the building that housed the George Charles Secondary School. Prime Minister, the Honourable Philip J. Pierre, headed a delegation to a site visit. Harmony Mark reports. The government of St. Lucia has announced plans to rehabilitate the structure which once housed the George Charles Secondary School. Prime Minister of St. Lucia Honourable Philip J. Pierre made the announcement during an assessment tour of the building. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Minister for Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training Honourable Sean Edward, Parliamentary Secretary, Honourable Dr. Pauline Antoine Prosper and other government officials. Minister for Education Honourable Sean Edward indicated initial plans to clean up the premises and spoke to the possibilities for use of the building. There are a number of alternatives or a number of possibilities that can be explored. In the remit of education, we have given thought to using this facility as a national vocational training institute. There is also the possibility of allowing certain departments of the SALCC to operate from here. We are also looking at a facility that can focus in terms of certain skills that you want to teach in the wider community. There is also the potential for it being an after-school facility. So there are so many possibilities that can be explored but as I said we will sit down as a ministry with the policy makers and if needs be we may have to rope in other stakeholders in the education fraternity and even other agencies of government to see how best this facility can serve not just the immediate castry south community but St. Lucia as well. Honourable Philip J. Pierre highlighted the importance of building maintenance to avoid depletion of important structures. When it comes to the tightness of the fiscal space, if you notice there is one building that is well kept. This is the building where the Ministry of Infrastructure is. That building there is a contract, a maintenance contract. And I think going forward we have to ensure that any building that we build there is a maintenance contract so that the building cannot reach the state that some of our buildings are. But I think what's important is we need to have maintenance contracts tied to the construction contract. In repurposing the building the government of St. Lucia will retain its name as the government continues to honour and protect the legacy of Sir George Charles from the Government Information Service, the Mighty Mark reporting.