{"id":347440,"date":"2025-08-28T15:26:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=347440"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:26:23","slug":"newly-constructed-dgs-to-accommodate-students-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/newly-constructed-dgs-to-accommodate-students-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly constructed DGS to accommodate students in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_347443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347443\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-347443\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dominica-Grammar-School-during-construction.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"436\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-347443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominica Grammar School during construction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As of September 8, 2025, the newly constructed Dominica Grammar School (DGS) will be ready to accommodate students.<\/p>\n<p>This was according to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Planning, Vocational Training and National Excellence, Robert Guiste.<\/p>\n<p>Guiste reported that \u201cFrom September, the students will return to school, and they will be occupying blocks A, B, and C.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlock A is the existing block&#8211;what they used before&#8211;Block B, the technical Block. So, when you look at Grammar School before the new wing, you would see Block A and B,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cBlock B is in the car park area [and] Block C is actually the new wing. The part along the River Bank Road, this is the new block.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Guiste, while from the outside it may appear that it is not ready, &#8220;all the classrooms are painted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUp to last week, plumbing works were ongoing and it should be completed by the end of this week\u2026,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Guiste revealed that new furniture was purchased to add to the existing furniture, with more orders in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe courtyard will be paved,\u201d he said. \u201cEven though the total work is not 100 percent complete, while the students are there, the works that will be ongoing would be minor. [The] bottom line is [that] the school will be ready to accept all of our students in September.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guiste added, \u201cSchool is expected to open on September 8, and we are expecting that our students will be at the school\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Construction on the site was subject to a setback on June 16, 2025, reported by Dominica News Online, when the roof of the new DGS auditorium collapsed. There were no injuries as the building was unoccupied at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit assured the public that the government was taking decisive action and leaving &#8220;no stone unturned,&#8221; regarding the incident. He announced that an independent structural engineer from St Lucia, as well as an internal team from the education ministry, would be contracted in the subsequent investigation.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, there were calls by independent groups for transparency and an incorruptible inquiry process, with a clear imperative by the Electoral Reform Coalition to avoid &#8220;quick fixes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me reiterate that the safety of our students, teachers, and education stakeholders remains the government&#8217;s highest priority,\u201d remarked Skerrit in his address after the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As of September 8, 2025, the newly constructed Dominica Grammar School (DGS) will be ready to accommodate students. This was according to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Planning, Vocational Training and National Excellence, Robert Guiste. 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