KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Education, Mbali Frazer, handed over a contract for the construction of the new state-of-the-art Corinth Secondary School on Thursday in Umzimkhulu.
The construction of Corinth Secondary School is scheduled to run over a period of 10 months. The project will provide 25 employment opportunities for local people, which includes 15 women and one person who is living with a disability.
The project will cost the department R28.8 million. The new institution will include six new replacement classrooms, one administration block, 1 NSNP kitchen, eight ablution facilities for girls, eight ablution facilities for boys and five staff ablution facilities, 14 car paved parking, 1Make Shift Netball Court plus a Combo Court, paved assembly area and courtyards, high-security fence, a borehole and elevated tank as well as covered and uncovers walkways.
“Today, I am here to tell the community of Corinth that the use of mobile classrooms will soon be a thing of the past because the construction of the new state-of-the-art Corinth Secondary will commence on 15 January 2024”, said ‘MEC Frazer.
MEC Frazer further called on the community to ensure that the project runs smoothly and without any disruptions.
Moreover, Frazer also visited Ixopo High School as part of the ongoing monitoring of the marking of the 2023 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examinations.
Corinth Secondary was a mud school constructed by the community in 1970. The school has been suffering damages due to storms, with the latest being in January 2023, which caused major infrastructural damages.
Following the January 2023 storm damage to the school, MEC Frazer made a commitment to the community of Corinth to rebuild their secondary school.
The department has since worked around the clock towards the construction of the school. While the department was still undergoing processes for the construction of the new break-and-mortar school, ten mobile classrooms were swiftly delivered to ensure that there was no disruption in teaching and learning.
