Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education-St. Kitts, the Hon. Dr. Geoffrey Hanley, has announced the commencement of construction of the new Basseterre High School.

The original site on Victoria Road was closed in 2012 due to various health concerns with the old building, making the environment unsafe for students and teachers.

In an official statement released on Thursday, June 12^th, he marked the moment as a “transformational step forward in the education landscape of St. Kitts and Nevis” and declared it is a promise fulfilled “not just to a school community, but to an entire nation.”

Dr. Hanley stated that “as someone who has walked the corridors of Basseterre High School as both student and educator, this development is deeply personal. I understand the legacy of this institution and the profound impact it has had on generations of Kittitians and Nevisians”.

According to the release, the new Basseterre High School will be a “world class institution equipped for 21st-century learning”.a