The new Five Islands Primary School will include a dedicated science, technology, engineering and mathematics lab and partnerships with the neighbouring University of the West Indies campus, Education Minister Daryll Matthew says.

Speaking on the Browne and Browne Show, Matthew said construction was well underway and described the planned school as climate-resilient and equipped to support technology-based learning.

He said the school would work with UWI Five Islands’ teacher-training programme and its School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence.

“It’s going to be a school that is partnering with UWI Five Islands right next door,” Matthew said.

The minister did not outline the specific activities students and teachers would undertake through those partnerships, but presented the links as a key feature of the school’s development.

Matthew said the new facilities would build on the school’s existing academic performance and expressed confidence that it would become a model for primary education.

“That primary school is going to be the model primary school in the OECS,” he said.

He invited members of the public to visit Five Islands to see the construction progress.

The update came during a broader discussion about the expansion of UWI Five Islands and related infrastructure in the surrounding community.

Matthew did not provide a completion date or opening timetable for the new primary school during the discussion.

This article was originally published by Antigua News Room. Read the original article here: New Five Islands Primary School to include STEM lab and UWI partnerships.