Give Cospicua campus to Naxxar school, urges PD

The American University’s campus in Cospicua should be handed over to the overflowing Higher Secondary School in Naxxar, the Democratic Party said yesterday. In a statement, the PD reacted to news reports that the AUM had applied for an extension to its campus, saying that this was simply unnecessary. The university, PD said, could “barely fill a garage with the number of students” it currently has. Instead, the party had a different proposal:  the site should be used to ease pressure on the Naxxar Higher Secondary – which it said was running at full capacity. This, it said, would reduce the north-south congestion on the road network and narrow the “disadvantage gap” between students from the north and south. Students hailing from the south of the island, the PD added, often found it difficult to get to the Naxxar campus on time for morning lectures and faced longer trips home after a long day of studying. According to the PD, a southern campus of the State school for higher education would allow for the “influx of hundreds of students and staff, not just 15”, leading to a multiplier effect on businesses in the area. The party urged the government to “show it is really working...