The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday signed a contract valued $346.2 million for the reconstruction of the North West Secondary School, Mabaruma, Region One.
Present during the signing were Deputy Chief Education Officer with responsibility for Amerindian and Hinterland Education Development (AHED), Marti DeSouza; Director of the School Boards Secretariat, Deonarine Hardat; and Permanent Secretary, Alfred King.
According to a MoE press release, the contract was awarded to Aruca Investments. The project is scheduled to be completed in fourteen months at a cost of $346.2 million and the project consultant is Innovative Engineering Services. The reconstructed North West Secondary School will be a two-storey building with 23 classrooms, three science labs, a sanitary block and an accessible lift.
