Infrastructural work has begun at 13 primary schools following their closure last week for an extensive summer refurbishment programme, the Ministry of Education Transformation has announced.

The initiative is intended to ensure that when students and staff return in September, “they are coming back into improved infrastructural conditions and schools that are fit for purpose”, the ministry said Monday.

Wayne Baker, Director of the Education Technical Management Unit, outlined the scope of works at several schools undergoing repair. At Grantley Prescod Primary School in St Barnabas, obsolete “TenTest” fibreboard ceilings used in the 1954 construction of the hall, classrooms and corridors are being replaced with PVC board ceilings.