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Monday, July 24, 1972
GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TO BE EXPANDED
Additional facilities will be provided at the Grantham College of
Education, including a four-storey classroom block and a 6,500 square foot
multi-purpose games hall.
The new classroom block will have a general science laboratory and
preparation room, together with rooms for geography, music practice, art and
printing, as well as a reading room, sculpture space and an exhibition space.
The first floor of the east wing of the existing building will be
altered to accommodate a 700 square foot language laboratory, a 1,200 square
foot lecture room, an audio-visual-aid preparation room and a dark room.
staff.
There will also be a new single-storey block to provide quarters for
Construction work is expected to start in September this year for
completion by the end of August 1973.
The Grantham College of Education is one of three teacher-training
colleges run by the Education Department, the others are the Northcote College
and the Sir Robert Black College.
The extension and alterations to Grantham College will provide more
space as well as better facilities for teacher trainees.
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