There are concerns about the conditions at the $427.5 million Leonora Technical and Vocational Institute, including non-functioning workshops and exposed wires in classrooms, but both the Education Ministry and the institution’s administration maintain that it is properly functioning.
In a letter to this newspaper, a concerned citizen alleged that the life of the project was extended three times for more than two years to facilitate the contractors’ mandate. It was also alleged that although construction has been completed and the institution looks good from a distance, students fear for their safety because of inferior work, including poor electrical wiring. It was claimed that wires and electrical sockets can be seen exposed in classrooms, where they should be installed in the walls.
Workshops are said to be inadequately furnished, with either inferior equipment or no equipment at all for
