$120 Million Set Aside To Complete Special Education Diagnostic Centre At CASE
By: , February 22, 2021The Full Story
The Government has allocated a sum of $120 million towards the establishment of a special education diagnostic centre at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland.
The project also includes the construction of a waste-water treatment system, abattoir, and biodigester on the college campus.
Details of the undertaking are contained in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on February 18 by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.
Three diagnostic centres are being established by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information at locations across the island, to serve children with special needs.
Two have been completed at Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, St. James; and Church Teachers’ College, Manchester.
As of December 2020, the designs and procurement for the CASE diagnostic centre were completed; construction of the abattoir was 70 per cent completed; and regulatory approval is pending for the waste-water treatment system and biodigester.