School Construction Kicks off in Pristina
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| USAID/Kosovo Mission Director Patricia Rader pours concrete for the foundation of the new Iliria school annex. |
The first shovelful of concrete for a school annex in Pristina was put in place by USAID/Kosovo Mission Director Patricia Rader and Pristina Mayor Isa Mustafa on April 24, 2009.
The Iliria Primary School groundbreaking was the first of five school infrastructure projects that will be constructed in Pristina Municipality as part of the USAID Small Infrastructure for Education in Kosovo Project. The three-year USAID activity to increase school space and improve the quality of school buildings is underway in the municipalities of Pristina, Vushtrri/Vucitrn,
Gllogovc/Glogovac, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Ferizaj/Urosevac and Prizren.
The Iliria Primary School is one of four schools in Pristina to be rehabilitated, along with Zejnel Hajdini, Nazmi Gafurri and Ismail Qemali primary schools. USAID's Small Infrastructure for Education Program will also be building a "Green School," an environmentally positive, energy-efficient school—a new concept in Kosovo. For the Iliria school annex, USAID has committed 75,000 euro, while Pristina Municipality will contribute 62,000 euro. USAID has committed a total of 740,000 euro for school rehabilitation projects in Pristina Municipality.
The Small infrastructure for Education Project is a two-year activity working in partnership with Kosovo’s Ministry for Education, Science and Technology (MEST) and the Departments of Education in Municipalities to help expand the space in existing schools and improve existing facilities, with the goal of reducing the number of school shifts (from three or four to two) and to create better learning conditions for students.
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