Major infrastructural revamp for Adams College

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26-02-2024
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The project includes the construction of new fencing and relocation of the sports fields and change rooms among others.

AFTER recently celebrating its 170th anniversary, Adams College is going to have infrastructural upgrades to ensure that the school continues offering quality education in a fitting environment.

Also read: Adams College celebrates 170th anniversary

On February 20, KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Education, Mbali Frazer visited the campus in Adams Mission to introduce the contractor that is going to undertake the project. The school was founded in 1853 and counts among its alumni several state presidents from across Africa and many South African politicians, business people, and other prominent figures.

Frazer said the project will be implemented in terms of the Expanded Public Works Programme and job opportunities will be prioritised for the youth, women, military veterans as well as LGBTQIA+.

“Furthermore, small businesses from the local community will benefit from this project. The project will provide skills development opportunities by training unskilled and semi-skilled workers throughout the project. This is in line with our goals as the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education, which is to create a safe, modern, vibrant, and technologically advanced learning environment for the delivery of quality education for generations to come,” said Frazer.

The scope of work comprises the major refurbishment and rehabilitation of the administration block, classrooms, multi-purpose rooms, computer rooms, and hostels for boys and girls. The project will also include the construction of new fencing, relocation of the sports fields and change rooms, and the reticulation of water, sewer, and stormwater drainage, upgrading of electrical installations and connections, upgrading of firefighting equipment, as well as the rehabilitation of heritage buildings.