14 projects with an investment of €173.5 million. These are the educational infrastructure projects that this Government is carrying out to translate into a top-level educational experience for Maltese and Gozitan students.
Among them are those on the new Msida school, which during a visit by the Prime Minister Robert Abela accompanied by the Minister for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation Clifton Grima was able to see how the construction works have been completed so that now the project has entered its last phase. The works included the demolition of the school that was there before to build a new school on the same site of 10,000 square meters which also includes recreation areas.
Prime Minister Robert Abela pointed out that this is the way our country continues to provide the best education, which is the basis for every child in our country to fulfill their aspirations. He also referred that it is in this way that the Maltese economy is being transformed that is being given one certificate after another. While this was why this Government managed to obtain a record of European funds to be enjoyed by Maltese and Gozitan families. He mentions two innovative aspects of this project, including the outdoor classroom environment and the vertical gardens, explaining that such investments go beyond the building itself but are ensuring the best environment in which they can receive the education of our country’s children.
This is a project that is being carried out with an investment of around €24 million, partially financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) of the European Union.
Minister Clifton Grima said that this project shows how much the Labor Government has always given priority to this very important sector for our country, the education sector. He claimed that the investment being made in this school is an investment in the children and in our educators. A modern educational building in which students not only get their education, but also enjoy learning. This while offering modern educational spaces in which educators are finding an environment that welcomes everything that their profession demands.
The new school has around 40 classes, 26 normal classes and a number of other classes for specific subjects including personal and social development, art, music, science, literacy, and ethics. The school will also have a Child Protection Center, a public library and a hall that can accommodate around 300 people. The public library, hall and part of the recreational space will be available for use by the local community after school hours. Underneath the school there is also parking for around 180 cars on two levels.
The project includes the construction of a new complex for the Msida Sea Scouts, with a space of more than 500 square meters outside and inside.
For this visit there was also present the Mayor of Msida, Margaret Baldacchino Cefai, members of the Council, the CEO of the Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools Neville Young together with the Chairperson of the same Foundation Cory Greenland .
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