$60.5miilionincontractssignedtorehabilitate Karaudarnau&MaruranauprimaryschoolsinReg.9

To ensure students are and extension of Maruranau Karaudarnau,ApollosIsaacs properly and comfortably Primary School, while told Kaieteur News that the accommodated to be taught, Beerdat Harrinandan was primary school in his village the Regional Democratic awarded a $23,082,420 for is an old building and it has Council (RDC) of Region the rehabilitation of deteriorated due to “natural Nine on Thursday signed Karaudarnau Primary wear and tear over the two contracts valued $60M School. years.”Accordingtohim,the to rehabilitate Karaudarnau At the signing ceremony school’s building was and Maruranau Primary too, Beerdat Harrinandan renovated since 2005 and Schools located in South was awarded another that currently approximately Rupununi. contract worth $37,547,040 195 students attend the

The two contracts which for the construction of a school. He disclosed that the amount to $60,519,800 was H e a l t h T r a i n i n g roof leaks, there are rotten signed between the region’s Complex/Administrative wooden materials in the Regional Executive Officer OfficeinRegion9. rafters, cracks in the floors (REO) Karl Singh and No timeline or the scope and walls and broken contractors Gormain of works was stated in the windows on the school D’Aguiar and Beerdat Office of the REO but building. Harrinandan. information reaching this

“Our students deserve a

In a statement posted on publication revealed that the comfortable and presentable itsFacebookpage,theOffice rehabilitative works slated learning environment. There of the REO shared that for the schools are long isneedforsmartclassrooms, Gormain D’Aguiar was overdue. proper ventilation and awarded a $37,437,380 to Inaninvitedcommenton division of classroom for complete the rehabilitation F r i d a y, To s h a o o f different grades and appropriate space for learning to be conducive for excellence,” the Toshao despite our location and Karaudarnauwillbekeeping school “Last year, four explained. remoteness,wecanstillhave abreast with the progress of classes were outside using

He added that over the projects of this magnitude thiscontract.” tents, where students are years, students have been being considered for our Meanwhile, Toshao of doing their school work excelling lately in National c o m m u n i t y b y t h e Maruranau, Ambrose Bento there. So that is why the Grade Six Assessment Government of Guyana,” he shared that that primary primary school needs (NGSA) examinations and it commented. school is also in dire need of extension,”heexplained. is notable that despite the Withworksslatedtostart repairs.Bentosaidthatsome It was reported that with structure,theteachersstillgo soon,theToshaosaidthathis sections of the building has its $94.4 billion budgetary above and beyond to ensure village is looking forward to cracks,andthedoorsareold. allocation, the education students excel. Isaacs noted having a spanking new He said too that the sector was allocated some that having a rehabilitated schooland“weareconfident building is small for the $12.4 billion towards the school would further that the contractor awarded increasing number of construction, rehabilitation, motivate the students to do t h i s c o n t r a c t i s students going there extension, and maintenance better knowledgeable and the Currently, there are 242 of educational facilities

“We’re happy that v i l l a g e c o u n c i l o f students attending the acrossthecountry