A Co Derry school is to share in a £170 million investment by the Department of Education.
Roe Valley Integrated Primary School in Limavady is one of 15 schools across the North that will be rebuilt thanks to the cash windfall.
Announcing the funding in the Assembly, Education Minister John O’Dowd said the schools were high priority projects.
He said: “All across the north there are a range of schools which are in dire need of investment. Unfortunately that need far exceeds the funding available.
“Therefore, the schools benefiting today represent the highest priority projects which have successfully come through a rigorous selection process.
“My Department’s strategy for capital investment into the foreseeable future will remain focussed on supporting the development and delivery of a network of viable and sustainable schools, set firmly in the context of ‘Schools for the Future: A Policy for Sustainable Schools’ and shaped by the outworking of the area planning process.
“I remain resolute in ensuring that my investment plans will also focus on providing a first class education experience.
“In developing my investment plans for the schools’ estate, it is incumbent on me to balance the limited capital resources made available to me against the scale of investment needed across, what can only be described as a wide and diverse schools’ estate.”
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