 The Laguerre Primary School is being rebuilt, while both the Vidbutai Primary and the Gordon and Wolcott Memorial Methodist are each receiving a new wing. Construction at the three sites commenced in June of 2021 under the Education Quality Improvement Project, equipped at a total cost of $24 million, through funding from the Government of St. Lucia and the Caribbean Development Bank, the CDB. Kurt Charles, who is the resident engineer representing Danian Sea Limited, project consultants for the three projects, says everything is going as planned and the contractors are expected to deliver on time. Our tour of the facilities under construction began at the Laguerre Primary School construction site, which is said to be 40 percent complete. I believe that we could make the completion date of July of this year. As you can see, most of the frame of the building is up. So by the end of the next period, we should at least have a well underway with the roof construction of the building. Methodist is a more advanced of the three, but it's the smaller of the three. This one is about 6,000 square foot right now on the contractor. The entire structure is up. He's working on the car park and the play area right now, external works, and he's waiting on his finishes to start his style work and his painting. All three schools are expected to benefit from modern amenities and the smart classrooms. Cyrus Cipal, who is the Education Officer for District 1, the Laguerre Primary School is located, says this will ensure the sustainability of modern education at these institutions for generations to come. I am excitedly looking forward for the completion of the school, not just the physical structure, but all the other gadgets that will be added to it to make learning what we want it to be, which is something that the children will love, a place where they will feel safe. This is very important because as we, you know, we have always been saying even though we have COVID, but in the safest place for the children would be at the school because that's where learning is taking place. So when it comes to our school, we were affected a lot with termites and more recently we had a lot of leakage. So with the construction of the school, we realized that our school, our students, our teachers will be in a very conducive environment and we are looking forward to making sure that we use this school for the betterment of our students and not just the students, but also the other members of the community. The Vidbutai Primary School and the Gordon and Walcott Methodists are also very happy with the ongoing construction at their institutions. The two schools will also benefit from parameter fencing, improve the vehicular parking conditions, improve the side drainage and improve the septic facilities. The experience has not been a bad one at all. Actually coming into it, I thought it would have been worse, but it has not affected a school-wise because with COVID, we have the three-day system. So that has helped us out in that sense. We only have kindergartners and grade sixes here every day for the week. The only grade that would be really affected be the kindergartners who are downstairs because they're the closest to the construction site and they're also the lowest to the ground. But so far, they're bearing through it because we know what we want and we have been longing for this building for so long. So far, we've been able to operate alongside the construction works with the very good cooperation between the contractors, the workers and also the staff, students and parents of our school. We've been able to keep constant communication to ensure that everything goes smoothly and, most importantly, that we are safe on the compound. The new Lag Air Primary School building will comprise a basement with open breezeway, a ground floor and a top floor which will house classrooms, a library, IT laboratory, music room and principal's office. The three-story Vidbutai Block will house classrooms with a company male and a female washroom facilities while the ground floor will serve as an open breezeway with male and a female bathroom facilities. At the Gordon and Walcott, the works there consists of a two-level reinforced concrete structure which will house classrooms, staff room and washroom facilities while the ground floor will consist of one classroom, music room, theater arts and French rooms and a sick bay. From the communications unit of the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, I am Chris Satney reporting.