Government of Belize Investing & Empowering

An Official Ceremony to inaugurate a new school building for Chunox Saint Viator Vocational High School will be held on the school’s compound in Chunox, Corozal at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, 24th November, 2017.
This is as a result of the Government of Belize recognizing the critical role of education for social, economic, cultural, environmental and political development, by way of empowering future leaders with knowledge, skills and values to enhance Belize’s socio-economic development. The Government funded the completion of Chunox Saint Viator Vocational High School sub-project in the Northern Region courtesy of a grant of $1.2 million BZ dollars from the Caribbean Development Bank under the Basic Needs Trust Fund BNTF’s Education & Human Resources Development sector with counterpart funding from Government and the community.
SIF’s intervention to Saint Viator Vocational High School project entailed the construction of a two classroom building measuring 30 feet wide by 90 feet long, including a 5-foot front veranda along the with male and female lavatories for students and teachers and upgrading of the Administration Building, Information Communication Technology and Science Laboratories. In addition to the infrastructure development, teachers and parents were trained in Information Communication Technology, Parenting Skills, Marketing Strategy Skills, First Aid / Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Basic Computer skills and English as a Second Language (ESL) all aimed at improving Human Resource Development through capacity building.
The School project was implemented by the Social Investment Fund, which is an implementing agency of the Government of Belize tasked to address the basic needs of Belizeans as enshrined in Government’s policy to address the basic development needs of Belizeans in the areas of education, water and sanitation, health, human development and social transformation. SIF, in this regard, collaborated with the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture in implementing Chunox Saint Viator Vocational High School sub-project to ensure the quality of vocational education is met following the standards set for secondary education. Special invited guests at the event will include Hon Erwin Contreras, Minister of Economic Development, Petroleum, Investment, Trade and Commerce, Principal, Mr Marconie Moh, Executive Director, Social Investment Fund, Mr William Lamb Jr, representatives of Parents Teachers Association, parents and residents among others.