Contracts signed for construction of secondary schools...

biology ‘labs’, while the Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Centre will have industrial and home economics laboratories. Moreover, the outdoor space will include a recreational facility for basketball, cricket and other sports, the release added.

The contracts awarded for the construction of the secondary school at Tuschen are as follows: Lot 1 Sub-Structure Works was awarded to S&K Construction at a cost of $285,101,936; Lot-2 Super-Structure Works will be done by AS Construction at a cost of $179,100,000; Lot-3 Plumbing Works was awarded to the VG Group Guyana Inc., and will cost $29,212,549; Lot -4 Electrical Works will be done by N Balgobin & Sons at a cost of $72,467,910; Lot-5 Finishing

Works was awarded to K&S General Construction at a cost of $137,833,000; and Lot -6 External Works also went to AS Construction at a cost of $160,990,000.

Meanwhile, the Hosororo Secondary School will have 29 classrooms, which will accommodate over 500 students.

According to the ministry, the science centre will feature physics, chemistry and biology laboratories. The TVET centre will have both industrial and home economics laboratories. A student dormitory and visiting area will also be constructed to accommodate 200 students, while the teachers' duplex living quarters will accommodate 20 teachers.

Much like the school that will be constructed in Tuschen, sanitary blocks will also be built for both students and teachers, and fire prevention features such as fire escape exits, escape doors, fire alarms, extinguishers, limited timber usage, metal ceilings and fire-retardant panels will be included. The outdoor space will accommodate several sporting disciplines.

The contracts award - ed for the construction of the Hosororo Secondary School are as follows: Lot

-1 Site Development Works was awarded to International Imports & Supplies at a cost of $280,204,731; Lot-2 Sub-Structure Works, School Building also went to International

Imports & Supplies and will cost $303,837,015; Lot -3 Sub-Structure Works, Dormitory will be executed by Supreme Contracting & Supplies at a cost of $196,319,040; Lot4 Sub-Structure Works, Teachers Quarters was awarded to International

Imports & Supplies for $180,402,585; Lot-5 Super-Structure Works & Electrical went to the VG Group Guyana at a cost of $1,411,400,917; and Lot-6 Plumbing Works was also awarded to VG Group Guyana and will cost $247,043,973.