Prof­its from this year’s PRES­tige all-in­clu­sive fete will go to­wards trans­form­ing class­rooms at Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege, San Fer­nan­do in­to Smart Class­rooms.

Class­room for Forms One to Six will be out­fit­ted with a low­ered ceil­ing for au­dio-vi­su­al fit­tings, sound-proof floors and smart tele­vi­sions.

At Tues­day night’s me­dia launch at 519, C3 Cen­tre, San Fer­nan­do, chair­man of PRES­tige, Steven Sam­lals­ingh said that goal is to take stu­dents in­to the next gen­er­a­tion of ed­u­ca­tion. Through pre­vi­ous edi­tions of PRES­tige, they were able to have all class­rooms air-con­di­tioned.

“There are 20 class­es from Form One to Form Six so we have to spend a bit of mon­ey in the class­room to get it where we want it to be and that is the plan for the col­lege,” Sam­lals­ingh said.

Funds will al­so go to­wards build­ing a pavil­ion on an­oth­er col­lege ground at Union Hall, San Fer­nan­do. Sam­lals­ingh said the T&TEC will be help­ing to il­lu­mi­nate the ground and there are plans to host track and field, foot­ball, crick­et and oth­er events at the grounds in the near fu­ture.

He said that the Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege Past Stu­dents’ As­so­ci­a­tion will al­so work with the com­mu­ni­ty so that they can share the ground. From a small fete at the col­lege back in 2010 with just a few hun­dred pa­trons, PRES­tige has grown to be­come a cal­en­dar event for Car­ni­val.

This year’s line up will fea­ture Kes the Band, Dil E Nadan, Preedy, Voice and the A-Team, fea­tur­ing Patrice Roberts, Shal Mar­shal and Prob­lem Child with more to come.

“We’ve la­belled this year the Fes­ti­val. We said we’re go­ing to have a re­vamp so we’re do­ing a cou­ple nice things. We’re hav­ing more than one food court, we’re ex­pand­ing the area for the fete in­to the school and up in­to the ter­races above.

We have no more wait­ing in front of the school. You’re com­ing straight in­to the yard from as ear­ly as an hour be­fore. Dur­ing that hour, you’re go­ing to get light re­fresh­ments and drinks. It is a fete in­side of a fete so when you come in, you’ll be able to take part in that.”

An adult play­room will add to the at­trac­tion with Tin Pan Al­ley, hoopla and bran tub games where pa­trons can win cham­pagne, scotch and cos­met­ics. In­stead of cater­ers, food will be served through restau­rants, which in­cludes, Pal­ki’s Restau­rant, Bal-Tar-Zzar, More Vi­no and 519. The event is on Feb­ru­ary 10.