 Dr. E. H. Johnson, Secretary for the Board of Overseas Missions, succeeded in getting the Government's consent to contributing 50 per cent of the cost of putting up the buildings in a "Master Plan" for the Berbice High School.A concrete structure of eight classrooms and washroom was the first phase in this Master Plan.Enrolment in 1966, the year control of the school was handed over to the Government, was 741.