The Education Ministry is in the process of moving into the ministry’s new headquarters on St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain.
This was disclosed by Public Administration and Communication Minister Maxie Cuffie yesterday, after he toured the Education Tower along with Udecott chairman Noel Garcia and officials of Udecott.
Cuffie said they also toured the Government Campus on Richmond Street, including the Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) and Legal Affairs towers. He said the Customs Department had moved into the campus and the Immigration Division was also moving in, but the BIR would not be able to do so since that tower is not yet ready.
He said the Education Tower will exclusively house Education divisions from various areas and activities were on target for the ministry to be fully in place within the next three months as they had projected recently.
The cost of the 16-storey structure managed by Udecott was $460 million under the Patrick Manning PNM administration. It had been completed in 2010 when the administration lost office and it remained closed for the PP government’s term. In the 2016 Public Sector Investment Programme, Udecott had estimated a further $109.4 million for outfitting the tower.
Cuffie said the tower would not be housing any aspects of the Industrial Court which is located next to it. He said the court had its own building complex.