TWO Enniskillen schools are to receive £4.9 million in the Department of Education's latest School Enhancement Programme (SEP) allocation.

 

Education Minister John O'Dowd has given the green light for a £35million investment in 12 schools, as part of the SEP.

 

Erne Integrated College will receive £3.8 million and Mount Lourdes Grammar School will receive £1.1 million.

 

Construction work will begin in the 2016-17 financial year and will be “a significant boost” to the local construction industry, the Education Minister said.

 

He stated: “This £35million investment is an investment in the future of our young people. The improved and new accommodation will provide better facilities for young people to learn in and an improved working environment for all the school staff.
“Ongoing investment in our schools’ estate is essential if we are to continue to provide a high quality education and today’s announcement has been made possible by an increase in the DE capital budget of £46.9million or 32 per cent in the 2016/17 financial year


The SEP is a capital build programme targeted to meet the immediate and pressing needs in schools, through smaller scale works, where a new build capital works is not deemed deliverable. It caters for construction projects costing between £500,000 and £4,000,000. This phase of the School Enhancement Programme represents a total investment of £35million.