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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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